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nephrostome

nephrostome noun: the funnel-shaped opening of a nephridium into the body cavity.

Noun

nephrostome (plural nephrostomes)

  1. The funnel-shaped opening of a nephridium into the body cavity.

nephrostome meaning in Tamil

nephrostome in Tamil

நெஃப்ரோஸ்ட்டோம்

Forms of nephrostome

pluralnephrostomes

Origin of nephrostome

From nephro- + -stome.

Words formed from nephrostome

Questions about nephrostome

What does nephrostome mean?
Nephrostome means the funnel-shaped opening of a nephridium into the body cavity.
What is nephrostome in Tamil?
Nephrostome in Tamil is நெஃப்ரோஸ்ட்டோம். See Nephrostome meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is nephrostome?
Nephrostome is a noun.
What is the plural of nephrostome?
The plural of nephrostome is nephrostomes.

Words near nephrostome in the dictionary

  1. nephrosphere
  2. nephrospheres
  3. nephrosplenic
  4. nephrostogram
  5. nephrostograms
  6. nephrostome
  7. nephrostomes
  8. nephrostomies
  9. nephrostomy
  10. nephrotic
  11. nephrotic syndrome

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nephrostome (page history and authors); nephrostome (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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