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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Balanoglossus, a minute opening which places the cavity of a gill-pouch in communication with the exterior.
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In most species of _Balanoglossus_ each gill-slit may be said to open into its own atrial chamber or gill-pouch; this in its turn opens to the exterior by a minute gill-pore.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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