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Definition of siphon
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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..
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Siphonium
::
Siphonium
(n.) A bony tube
which,
in some
birds,
connects
the
tympanium
with the air
chambers
of the
articular
piece of the
mandible..
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..
Siphonet
::
Siphonet
(n.) One of the two
dorsal
tubular
organs
on the
hinder
part of the
abdomen
of
aphids.
They give exit to the
honeydew.
See
Illust.
under
Aphis.
Siphon
::
Siphon
(n.) The
sucking
proboscis
of
certain
parasitic
insects
and
crustaceans.
Hydrophyllium
::
Hydrophyllium
(n.) One of the flat,
leaflike,
protective
zooids,
covering
other
zooids
of
certain
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..
Somatocyst
::
Somatocyst
(n.) A
cavity
in the
primary
nectocalyx
of
certain
Siphonophora.
See
Illust.
under
Nectocalyx.
Siphon
::
Siphon
(n.) A
sproutlike
prolongation
in front of the mouth of many
gephyreans.
Physaliae
::
Physaliae
(n. pl.) An order of
Siphonophora
which
includes
Physalia.
Hydrozoa
::
Hydrozoa
(n. pl.) The
Acalephae;
one of the
classes
of
coelenterates,
including
the
Hydroidea,
Discophora,
and
Siphonophora..
Siphon
::
Siphon
(v. t.) To
convey,
or draw off, by means of a
siphon,
as a
liquid
from one
vessel
to
another
at a lower
level..
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.
Asiphonata
::
Asiphonata
(n. pl.) Alt. of
Asiphonid.
Siphonobranchiate
::
Siphonobranchiate
(a.)
Having
a
siphon,
or
siphons,
to
convey
water to the
gills;
belonging
or
pertaining
to the
Siphonobranchiata..
Velella
::
Velella
(n.) Any
species
of
oceanic
Siphonophora
belonging
to the genus
Velella.
Siphonic
::
Siphonic
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to a
siphon.
Siphon
::
Siphon
(n.) A
tubular
organ
connected
both with the
esophagus
and the
intestine
of
certain
sea
urchins
and
annelids.
Siphonostome
::
Siphonostome
(n.) Any
parasitic
entomostracan
of the tribe
Siphonostomata.
Siphoniata
::
Siphoniata
(n. pl.) Same as
Siphonata.
Nectostem
::
Nectostem
(n.) That
portion
of the axis which bears the
nectocalyces
in the
Siphonophora.
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