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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..

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

Siphonate :: Siphonate (a.) Having a siphon or siphons.

Physalia :: Physalia (n.) A genus of large oceanic Siphonophora which includes the Portuguese man-of-war.

Physograde :: Physograde (n.) Any siphonophore which has an air sac for a float, as the Physalia..

Velella :: Velella (n.) Any species of oceanic Siphonophora belonging to the genus Velella.

Siphonostomatous :: Siphonostomatous (a.) Pertaining to the Siphonostomata.

Siphonia :: Siphonia (pl. ) of Siphoniu.

Hydrophyllium :: Hydrophyllium (n.) One of the flat, leaflike, protective zooids, covering other zooids of certain Siphonophora..

Siphoid :: Siphoid (n.) A siphon bottle. See under Siphon, n..

Androphore :: Androphore (n.) The part which in some Siphonophora bears the male gonophores.

Prosiphon :: Prosiphon (n.) A minute tube found in the protoconch of ammonites, and not connected with the true siphon..

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

Asiphonate :: Asiphonate (a.) Destitute of a siphon or breathing tube; -- said of many bivalve shells.

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..

Siphon :: Siphon (n.) The sucking proboscis of certain parasitic insects and crustaceans.

Siphon :: Siphon (n.) A siphon bottle.

Siphonostomata :: Siphonostomata (n. pl.) An artificial division of gastropods including those that have siphonostomatous shells.

Hydrozoa :: Hydrozoa (n. pl.) The Acalephae; one of the classes of coelenterates, including the Hydroidea, Discophora, and Siphonophora..

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