Definition of siphon

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Siphon (n.) The siphuncle of a cephalopod shell.

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Asiphonea :: Asiphonea (n. pl.) Alt. of Asiphonid.
Physograde :: Physograde (n.) Any siphonophore which has an air sac for a float, as the Physalia..
Siphonia :: Siphonia (pl. ) of Siphoniu.
Pneumonophora :: Pneumonophora (n. pl.) The division of Siphonophora which includes the Physalia and allied genera; -- called also Pneumatophorae.
Phragmosiphon :: Phragmosiphon (n.) The siphon of a phragmocone.
Physaliae :: Physaliae (n. pl.) An order of Siphonophora which includes Physalia.
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..
Dactylozooid :: Dactylozooid (n.) A kind of zooid of Siphonophora which has an elongated or even vermiform body, with one tentacle, but no mouth. See Siphonophora..
Siphon :: Siphon (n.) A tubular organ connected both with the esophagus and the intestine of certain sea urchins and annelids.
Pneumatocyst :: Pneumatocyst (n.) A cyst or sac of a siphonophore, containing air, and serving as a float, as in Physalia..
Siphoid :: Siphoid (n.) A siphon bottle. See under Siphon, n..
Siphonobranchiate :: Siphonobranchiate (n.) One of the Siphonobranchiata.
Siphonic :: Siphonic (a.) Of or pertaining to a siphon.
Siphon :: Siphon (n.) A sproutlike prolongation in front of the mouth of many gephyreans.
Crane :: Crane (n.) A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask..
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..
Nectostem :: Nectostem (n.) That portion of the axis which bears the nectocalyces in the Siphonophora.
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..
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