‖ prosodus Zool.
(ˈprɒsədəs)
[mod.L., ad. Gr. πρόσοδος an approach, f. πρός to + ὁδός a way.]
An incurrent opening or channel in a sponge.
| 1887 Sollas in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 415/1 (Sponges) The prosopyles..may remain unchanged..or at the most be prolonged into very short tubes, each a prosodus or aditus. |