Definitions for ostiole

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ostiole os·ti·ole

Spelling: [os-tee-ohl]

IPA: /ˈɒs tiˌoʊl/

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

You can make 177 anagrams from letters in ostiole (eiloost).

Definitions for ostiole

noun

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

Origin of ostiole

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

Examples for ostiole

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