| 单词 |
astropyle |
| 释义 |
astropyle Zool.|ˈæstrəʊpaɪl| [f. Gr. ἄστρον star + πύλη gate.] A tubular aperture or funnel-like membranous projection found in some radiolarians.
1887E. Haeckel Radiolaria in Rep. Challenger XVIII. i. p. iv, This osculum is closed by a radiate cover (astropyle or operculum radiatum). 1888Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 876 Or again there is a main oral aperture or astropyle... The astropyle consists of a tubular proboscis, rising from the centre of a radially striated disc or operculum. 1901Calkins Protozoa iii. 70 The Cannopylea, in which the membrane around the pores is drawn out into funnel-like projections termed astropyles. |

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