Definitions for ostioles

ostioles os·ti·ole

Spelling: [os-tee-ohl]
IPA: /ˈɒs tiˌoʊl/

Ostioles is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 220 anagrams from letters in ostioles (eiloosst).

Definitions for ostioles

noun

  1. Biology. a small opening or pore, especially in the fruiting body of a fungus.

Origin of ostioles

1825-35; Latin ōstiolum little door, equivalent to ōsti(um) door (see ostium) + -olum -ole1

Examples for ostioles

ostiole: in Heteroptera, the openings at the sides of meso- and meta- thorax, through which an odoriferous fluid is excreted.

Word Value for ostioles
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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