mesohyl

noun

mesohyl

noun

Etymology From meso- (“middle”) + Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood, timber, matter”) (whence English hyle).

1

The gelatinous matrix within a sponge, filling the space between the external pinacoderm and the internal choanoderm.

Derived terms
mesohylar

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