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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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Pneumatocyst
::
Pneumatocyst
(n.) A cyst or sac of a
siphonophore,
containing
air, and
serving
as a
float,
as in
Physalia..
Asiphonata
::
Asiphonata
(n. pl.) Alt. of
Asiphonid.
Sprack
::
Spoutshell
(n.) Any
marine
gastropod
shell of the genus
Apporhais
having
an
elongated
siphon.
See
Illust.
under
Rostrifera.
Siphon
::
Siphon
(n.) The
siphuncle
of a
cephalopod
shell.
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..
Androphore
::
Androphore
(n.) The part which in some
Siphonophora
bears the male
gonophores.
Physophorae
::
Physophorae
(n. pl.) An order of
Siphonophora,
furnished
with an air sac, or
float,
and a
series
of
nectocalyces.
See
Illust.
under
Nectocalyx..
Physaliae
::
Physaliae
(n. pl.) An order of
Siphonophora
which
includes
Physalia.
Siphoniata
::
Siphoniata
(n. pl.) Same as
Siphonata.
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
Siphoniferous
::
Siphoniferous
(a.)
Siphon-bearing,
as the shell of the
nautilus
and other
cephalopods..
Limpet
::
Limpet
(n.) Any
species
of
Siphonaria,
a genus of
limpet-shaped
Pulmonifera,
living
between
tides,
on
rocks..
Crane
::
Crane (n.) A
siphon,
or bent pipe, for
drawing
liquors
out of a
cask..
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
Siphonifer
::
Siphonifer
(n.) Any
cephalopod
having
a
siphonate
shell.
Siphonage
::
Siphonage
(n.) The
action
of a
siphon.
Siphonia
::
Siphonia
(pl. ) of
Siphoniu.
Siphonopoda
::
Siphonopoda
(n. pl.) A
division
of
Scaphopoda
including
those in which the foot
terminates
in a
circular
disk.
Siphonia
::
Siphonia
(n.) A
former
name for a
euphorbiaceous
genus
(Hevea)
of South
American
trees,
the
principal
source
of
caoutchouc..
Siphonostome
::
Siphonostome
(n.) A
siphonostomatous
shell.
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