nephrostome

[nef-ruh-stohm]

noun

Zoology. the ciliated opening of a nephridium into the coelom.
Embryology. a similar opening from the coelom into a tubule of the embryonic kidney.

Origin of nephrostome

First recorded in 1885–90; nephro- + -stome

Related formsne·phros·to·mous

[nuh-fros-tuh-muh s] /nəˈfrɒs tə məs/, neph·ro·sto·mi·al, adjective

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