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Definition of siphon
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Siphon
(n.) A
device,
consisting
of a pipe or tube bent so as to form two
branches
or legs of
unequal
length,
by which a
liquid
can be
transferred
to a lower
level,
as from one
vessel
to
another,
over an
intermediate
elevation,
by the
action
of the
pressure
of the
atmosphere
in
forcing
the
liquid
up the
shorter
branch
of the pipe
immersed
in it, while the
continued
excess
of
weight
of the
liquid
in the
longer
branch
(when once
filled)
causes
a
continuous
flow. The flow takes place only when the
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Siphoniata
::
Siphoniata
(n. pl.) Same as
Siphonata.
Siphonata
::
Siphonata
(n. pl.) A tribe of
bivalve
mollusks
in which the
posterior
mantle
border
is
prolonged
into two tubes or
siphons.
Called
also
Siphoniata.
See
Siphon,
2 (a), and
Quahaug..
Siphonobranchiate
::
Siphonobranchiate
(n.) One of the
Siphonobranchiata.
Prosiphon
::
Prosiphon
(n.) A
minute
tube found in the
protoconch
of
ammonites,
and not
connected
with the true
siphon..
Hydrophyllium
::
Hydrophyllium
(n.) One of the flat,
leaflike,
protective
zooids,
covering
other
zooids
of
certain
Siphonophora..
Siphon
::
Siphon
(n.) A
sproutlike
prolongation
in front of the mouth of many
gephyreans.
Siphonopoda
::
Siphonopoda
(n. pl.) A
division
of
Scaphopoda
including
those in which the foot
terminates
in a
circular
disk.
Nectocalyx
::
Nectocalyx
(n.) One of the
zooids
of
certain
Siphonophora,
having
somewhat
the form, and the
essential
structure,
of the bell of a
jellyfish,
and
acting
as a
swimming
organ..
Sprack
::
Spoutshell
(n.) Any
marine
gastropod
shell of the genus
Apporhais
having
an
elongated
siphon.
See
Illust.
under
Rostrifera.
Siphon
::
Siphon
(n.) A
device,
consisting
of a pipe or tube bent so as to form two
branches
or legs of
unequal
length,
by which a
liquid
can be
transferred
to a lower
level,
as from one
vessel
to
another,
over an
intermediate
elevation,
by the
action
of the
pressure
of the
atmosphere
in
forcing
the
liquid
up the
shorter
branch
of the pipe
immersed
in it, while the
continued
excess
of
weight
of the
liquid
in the
longer
branch
(when once
filled)
causes
a
continuous
flow. The flow takes place only when the
Asiphonate
::
Asiphonate
(a.)
Destitute
of a
siphon
or
breathing
tube; -- said of many
bivalve
shells.
Crane
::
Crane (n.) A
siphon,
or bent pipe, for
drawing
liquors
out of a
cask..
Pneumonophora
::
Pneumonophora
(n. pl.) The
division
of
Siphonophora
which
includes
the
Physalia
and
allied
genera;
--
called
also
Pneumatophorae.
Siphonarid
::
Siphonarid
(n.) Any one of
numerous
species
of
limpet-shaped
pulmonate
gastropods
of the genus
Siphonaria.
They cling to rocks
between
high and low water marks and have both
lunglike
organs
and
gills.
Pallet
::
Pallet
(n.) One of a pair of
shelly
plates
that
protect
the
siphon
tubes of
certain
bivalves,
as the
Teredo.
See
Illust.
of
Teredo..
Siphon
::
Siphon
(n.) A
siphon
bottle.
Fury
::
Fury (n.) pl.
(Greek
Myth.)
The
avenging
deities,
Tisiphone,
Alecto,
and
Megaera;
the
Erinyes
or
Eumenides..
Physalia
::
Physalia
(n.) A genus of large
oceanic
Siphonophora
which
includes
the
Portuguese
man-of-war.
Siphonal
::
Siphonal
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to a
siphon;
resembling
a
siphon.
Androphore
::
Androphore
(n.) The part which in some
Siphonophora
bears the male
gonophores.
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