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Definition of siphon
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Siphon
(n.) One of the tubes or folds of the
mantle
border
of a
bivalve
or
gastropod
mollusk
by which water is
conducted
into the gill
cavity.
See
Illust.
under Mya, and
Lamellibranchiata..
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Polypite
::
Polypite
(n.) One of the
feeding
zooids,
or
polyps,
of a
coral,
hydroid,
or
siphonophore;
a
hydranth.
See
Illust.
of
Campanularian..
Siphonostomata
::
Siphonostomata
(n. pl.) A tribe of
parasitic
copepod
Crustacea
including
a large
number
of
species
that are
parasites
of
fishes,
as the
lerneans.
They have a mouth
adapted
to suck
blood..
Asiphonida
::
Asiphonida
(n. pl.) A group of
bivalve
mollusks
destitute
of
siphons,
as the
oyster;
the
asiphonate
mollusks..
Siphonium
::
Siphonium
(n.) A bony tube
which,
in some
birds,
connects
the
tympanium
with the air
chambers
of the
articular
piece of the
mandible..
Siphonia
::
Siphonia
(n.) A
former
name for a
euphorbiaceous
genus
(Hevea)
of South
American
trees,
the
principal
source
of
caoutchouc..
Siphonifer
::
Siphonifer
(n.) Any
cephalopod
having
a
siphonate
shell.
Physograde
::
Physograde
(n.) Any
siphonophore
which has an air sac for a
float,
as the
Physalia..
Pneumatocyst
::
Pneumatocyst
(n.) A cyst or sac of a
siphonophore,
containing
air, and
serving
as a
float,
as in
Physalia..
Taster
::
Taster
(n.) One of a
peculiar
kind of
zooids
situated
on the
polyp-stem
of
certain
Siphonophora.
They
somewhat
resemble
the
feeding
zooids,
but are
destitute
of
mouths.
See
Siphonophora..
Siphon
::
Siphon
(n.) One of the tubes or folds of the
mantle
border
of a
bivalve
or
gastropod
mollusk
by which water is
conducted
into the gill
cavity.
See
Illust.
under Mya, and
Lamellibranchiata..
Crane
::
Crane (n.) A
siphon,
or bent pipe, for
drawing
liquors
out of a
cask..
Siphonostome
::
Siphonostome
(n.) A
siphonostomatous
shell.
Siphon
::
Siphon
(n.) The
tubular
organ
through
which water is
ejected
from the gill
cavity
of a
cephaloid.
It
serves
as a
locomotive
organ,
by
guiding
and
confining
the jet of
water.
Called
also
siphuncle.
See
Illust.
under
Loligo,
and
Dibranchiata..
Involucrum
::
Involucrum
(n.) A
sheath
which
surrounds
the base of the lasso cells in the
Siphonophora.
Siphonal
::
Siphonal
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to a
siphon;
resembling
a
siphon.
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..
Gynophore
::
Gynophore
(n.) One of the
branches
bearing
the
female
gonophores,
in
certain
Siphonophora..
Siphon
::
Siphon
(n.) The
anterior
prolongation
of the
margin
of any
gastropod
shell for the
protection
of the soft
siphon.
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..
Prosiphon
::
Prosiphon
(n.) A
minute
tube found in the
protoconch
of
ammonites,
and not
connected
with the true
siphon..
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