ostiole
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.os·ti·ole
noun \ˈäs-tē-ˌōl\Definition of OSTIOLE
: a small bodily aperture, orifice, or pore
Origin of OSTIOLE
New Latin ostiolum, from Latin, diminutive of ostium
First Known Use: circa 1857
Rhymes with OSTIOLE
aureole, banderole, bannerol, barcarole, barrel roll, buttonhole, cabriole, camisole, capriole, caracole, carmagnole, coffee roll, croquignole, cubbyhole, decontrol, Demerol, Dover sole, escarole, exit poll, farandole, finger hole, fumarole, girandole, girasole, Grand Guignol, honor roll, innersole, in the hole, Jackson Hole, jelly roll, kaiser roll, lemon sole, meadow vole, methanol, micromole, millimole, monopole, muster roll, on a roll, on the whole, oriole, oversoul, ozone hole, petiole, pick-and-roll, pigeonhole, protocol, rabbit hole, rigmarole, rock and roll, Seminole, totem pole, tracheole, vacuole, water hole
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