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nephrostome
American
[nef-ruh-stohm]
/ ˈnɛf rəˌstoʊm /
noun
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Zoology. the ciliated opening of a nephridium into the coelom.
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Embryology. a similar opening from the coelom into a tubule of the embryonic kidney.
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