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endostyle

[en-duh-stahyl]

en·do·style

[en-duh-stahyl]
noun Anatomy.
a ciliated groove or pair of grooves in the pharynx of various lower chordates, as tunicates, cephalochordates, and larval cyclostomes, serving to accumulate food particles and pass them along the digestive tract.

Origin:
1850–55; endo- + -style1; so called because the groove is said to resemble a hollow rod from certain viewing angles
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Endostyle is always a great word to know.
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a natural division or groove in an organ, as in the brain
the thighbone of the human leg, extending from the pelvis to the knee, that is the longest, largest, and strongest in the body
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