† pylen.
Biology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
A small orifice or aperture; a pore.
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1890 Cent. Dict. (citing E. Coues) Pyle, a pore or other orifice or opening of small size, as a micropyle.
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