nephridiopore
(nɛˈfrɪdɪəʊpɔə(r))
[f. nephridium + pore n.1]
The excretory opening of a nephridium.
| 1888 F. E. Beddard in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. XXVIII. 397 There are more than one pair of nephridiopores in each segment of the body. 1946 Nature 9 Nov. 665/2 Overton observed an initial loss of weight on handling the worm, and attributed this to the expulsion of fluid through the nephridiopores. 1963 R. P. Dales Annelids v. 98 The fluid which issues from the nephridiopores of an earthworm does not have the same composition as the coelomic fluid. |