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Siphonostomata :: Siphonostomata (n. pl.) An artificial division of gastropods including those that have siphonostomatous shells.

Phragmosiphon :: Phragmosiphon (n.) The siphon of a phragmocone.

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..

Physograde :: Physograde (n.) Any siphonophore which has an air sac for a float, as the Physalia..

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..

Siphonic :: Siphonic (a.) Of or pertaining to a siphon.

Diphyozooid :: Diphyozooid (n.) One of the free-swimming sexual zooids of Siphonophora.

Androphore :: Androphore (n.) The part which in some Siphonophora bears the male gonophores.

Siphonobranchiata :: Siphonobranchiata (n. pl.) A tribe of gastropods having the mantle border, on one or both sides, prolonged in the form of a spout through which water enters the gill cavity. The shell itself is not always siphonostomatous in this group..

Calamary :: Calamary (n.) A cephalopod, belonging to the genus Loligo and related genera. There are many species. They have a sack of inklike fluid which they discharge from the siphon tube, when pursued or alarmed, in order to confuse their enemies. Their shell is a thin horny plate, within the flesh of the back, shaped very much like a quill pen. In America they are called squids. See Squid..

Limpet :: Limpet (n.) Any species of Siphonaria, a genus of limpet-shaped Pulmonifera, living between tides, on rocks..

Siphon :: Siphon (n.) A tubular organ connected both with the esophagus and the intestine of certain sea urchins and annelids.

Velella :: Velella (n.) Any species of oceanic Siphonophora belonging to the genus Velella.

Asiphonea :: Asiphonea (n. pl.) Alt. of Asiphonid.

Involucrum :: Involucrum (n.) A sheath which surrounds the base of the lasso cells in the Siphonophora.

Crane :: Crane (n.) A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask..

Siphoniata :: Siphoniata (n. pl.) Same as Siphonata.

Siphonate :: Siphonate (a.) Having a siphon or siphons.

Siphonophore :: Siphonophore (n.) One of the Siphonophora.

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