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prosopyle

[ pros-uh-pahyl ]

noun

  1. (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.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of prosopyle1

1885–90; < Greek prósō forward + pýlē gate

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