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apopyle

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ap⋅o⋅pyle

  [ap-uh-pahyl]
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–noun Zoology.
(in sponges) a pore in each of the saclike chambers formed by the evagination of the body wall, through which water passes into the excurrent canals.
Compare prosopyle.

Origin:
1885–90; apo- + Gk pýlē gate, entrance; see pylon
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