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Siphonoglyphe :: Siphonoglyphe (n.) A gonidium.

Siphonia :: Siphonia (pl. ) of Siphoniu.

Pneumonophora :: Pneumonophora (n. pl.) The division of Siphonophora which includes the Physalia and allied genera; -- called also Pneumatophorae.

Siphonobranchiate :: Siphonobranchiate (a.) Having a siphon, or siphons, to convey water to the gills; belonging or pertaining to the Siphonobranchiata..

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..

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

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

Siphon :: Siphon (n.) A sproutlike prolongation in front of the mouth of many gephyreans.

Physophorae :: Physophorae (n. pl.) An order of Siphonophora, furnished with an air sac, or float, and a series of nectocalyces. See Illust. under Nectocalyx..

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

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.

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..

Siphonostome :: Siphonostome (n.) Any parasitic entomostracan of the tribe Siphonostomata.

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

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

Siphonate :: Siphonate (a.) Belonging to the Siphonata.

Siphonium :: Siphonium (n.) A bony tube which, in some birds, connects the tympanium with the air chambers of the articular piece of the mandible..

Siphonifer :: Siphonifer (n.) Any cephalopod having a siphonate shell.

Siphonal :: Siphonal (a.) Of or pertaining to a siphon; resembling a siphon.

Tube :: Tube (n.) One of the siphons of a bivalve mollusk.

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