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Those “little mouths” are called ostia, and the openings where water flows out are oscula.

From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2022

Aequa Thetis placide allabens ferat oscula Terrae; Terra suos Thetidi pandat amica sinus: Undique pax effusa piis volet aurea pennis, Frons bona dum signo est quaeque notata suo.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

Sponge flat, lichenoid, never of great thickness, devoid of branches, dense in texture but very friable; colour brown, green, or whitish; oscula numerous, small, flat, distinctly star-shaped.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson

Their oscula were not raised on conical eminences and were altogether most inconspicuous.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson

When the embryo has become partly developed, it detaches itself from the parent sponge, and, issuing from the oscula, propels itself through the water by means of a number of flagella.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887 by Various