APOPYLE


Meaning of APOPYLE in English

/ap"euh puyl'/ , n. Zool.

(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. Cf. prosopyle .

[ 1885-90; APO- + Gk pýle gate, entrance; see PYLON ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .