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Definition of prosopyle - 1 dictionary result

pros⋅o⋅pyle

  [pros-uh-pahyl]
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–noun
(in sponges) a pore through which water is drawn from the outside into one of the saclike chambers formed by the evagination of the body wall.
Compare apopyle.

Origin:
1885–90; < Gk prósō forward + pýlē gate
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