MICROPYLES
- MICROPYLE [n]
- A small opening in the egg of a fish, insect, etc., through which spermatozoa can enter
- A small opening in the surface of an ovule, through which the pollen tube penetrates, often visible as a small pore in the ripe seed
- MICROPYLE, a micropore in ovum for spermatozoon; a minute pollen opening in a plant ovule [n]