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Definition of siphon
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Siphon
(n.) The
anterior
prolongation
of the
margin
of any
gastropod
shell for the
protection
of the soft
siphon.
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Siphon
::
Siphon
(n.) The
sucking
proboscis
of
certain
parasitic
insects
and
crustaceans.
Caoutchouc
::
Caoutchouc
(n.) A
tenacious,
elastic,
gummy
substance
obtained
from the milky sap of
several
plants
of
tropical
South
America
(esp. the
euphorbiaceous
tree
Siphonia
elastica
or Hevea
caoutchouc),
Asia, and
Africa.
Being
impermeable
to
liquids
and
gases,
and not
readly
affected
by
exposure
to air,
acids,
and
alkalies,
it is used,
especially
when
vulcanized,
for many
purposes
in the arts and in
manufactures.
Also
called
India
rubber
(because
it was first
brought
from
India,
and was
formerly
used c
Physaliae
::
Physaliae
(n. pl.) An order of
Siphonophora
which
includes
Physalia.
Siphonostomatous
::
Siphonostomatous
(a.)
Having
the front edge of the
aperture
of the shell
prolonged
in the shape of a
channel
for the
protection
of the
siphon;
-- said of
certain
gastropods.
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..
Siphonobranchiate
::
Siphonobranchiate
(n.) One of the
Siphonobranchiata.
Tube
::
Tube (n.) One of the
siphons
of a
bivalve
mollusk.
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..
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..
Involucrum
::
Involucrum
(n.) A
sheath
which
surrounds
the base of the lasso cells in the
Siphonophora.
Siphonostome
::
Siphonostome
(n.) A
siphonostomatous
shell.
Hydrozoa
::
Hydrozoa
(n. pl.) The
Acalephae;
one of the
classes
of
coelenterates,
including
the
Hydroidea,
Discophora,
and
Siphonophora..
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
Tube-shell
::
Tube-shell
(n.) Any
bivalve
mollusk
which
secretes
a
shelly
tube
around
its
siphon,
as the
watering-shell..
Siphon
::
Siphon
(n.) A
tubular
organ
connected
both with the
esophagus
and the
intestine
of
certain
sea
urchins
and
annelids.
Siphonium
::
Siphonium
(n.) A bony tube
which,
in some
birds,
connects
the
tympanium
with the air
chambers
of the
articular
piece of the
mandible..
Fury
::
Fury (n.) pl.
(Greek
Myth.)
The
avenging
deities,
Tisiphone,
Alecto,
and
Megaera;
the
Erinyes
or
Eumenides..
Siphonopoda
::
Siphonopoda
(n. pl.) A
division
of
Scaphopoda
including
those in which the foot
terminates
in a
circular
disk.
Gynophore
::
Gynophore
(n.) One of the
branches
bearing
the
female
gonophores,
in
certain
Siphonophora..
Pneumatocyst
::
Pneumatocyst
(n.) A cyst or sac of a
siphonophore,
containing
air, and
serving
as a
float,
as in
Physalia..
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