prosodusn.

Brit.

/ˈprɒsədəs/, U.S.

/ˈprɑsədəs/

Inflections: Plural prosodi.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek πρόσοδος.

Etymology: < ancient Greek πρόσοδος approach ( < πρός to (see prosody n.) + ὁδός way: see -ode comb. form²), with the ending remodelled after Latin nouns in -us.

Zoology. rare.

In certain complex sponges: a short channel consisting of a slightly elongated prosopyle.

ΚΠ

1887 W. J. Sollas in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 415/1 The prosopyles..may remain unchanged..or at the most be prolonged into very short tubes, each a prosodus or aditus.

1958 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 442 Incurrent, carrying an ingoing current; said of ducts, and, in certain Porifera, of canals leading from the exterior to the prosopyles or prosodi of the flagellated chambers.

1975 Jrnl. Morphol. 145 498 The total cross-sectional area through the prosopyles is smaller than that through the prosodi.

1990 Science 31 Aug. 994/2 (table) Aggregate cross-sectional areas and water velocities in the trophic fluid transport system of a 100-μl segment of the sponge Haliclona permollis... Ostia. Inhalant canal apertures. Prosodi. Prosopyles.

Derivatives

ˈprosodal adj. rare

ΚΠ

1887 W. J. Sollas in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 415/1 The extension of the prosodal or adital canals into long tubes.

1975 Jrnl. Morphol. 145 498 Both of these [openings] are confluent with prosodal canals.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prosodus
释义	prosodusn. Brit. /ˈprɒsədəs/, U.S. /ˈprɑsədəs/ Inflections: Plural prosodi. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek πρόσοδος. Etymology: < ancient Greek πρόσοδος approach ( < πρός to (see prosody n.) + ὁδός way: see -ode comb. form²), with the ending remodelled after Latin nouns in -us. Zoology. rare. In certain complex sponges: a short channel consisting of a slightly elongated prosopyle. ΚΠ 1887 W. J. Sollas in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 415/1 The prosopyles..may remain unchanged..or at the most be prolonged into very short tubes, each a prosodus or aditus. 1958 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 442 Incurrent, carrying an ingoing current; said of ducts, and, in certain Porifera, of canals leading from the exterior to the prosopyles or prosodi of the flagellated chambers. 1975 Jrnl. Morphol. 145 498 The total cross-sectional area through the prosopyles is smaller than that through the prosodi. 1990 Science 31 Aug. 994/2 (table) Aggregate cross-sectional areas and water velocities in the trophic fluid transport system of a 100-μl segment of the sponge Haliclona permollis... Ostia. Inhalant canal apertures. Prosodi. Prosopyles. Derivatives ˈprosodal adj. rare ΚΠ 1887 W. J. Sollas in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 415/1 The extension of the prosodal or adital canals into long tubes. 1975 Jrnl. Morphol. 145 498 Both of these [openings] are confluent with prosodal canals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1887
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