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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Water pore

/wôt'-ẽr pôr/ · Wa·ter pore · IPA
01 A pore by which the water tubes of various invertebrates open externally.
  1. 1.
    A pore by which the water tubes of various invertebrates open externally.(Zool.)
  2. 2.
    One of certain minute pores in the leaves of some plants. They are without true guardian cells, but in other respects closely resemble ordinary stomata.(Bot.)