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Definition of siphon
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Siphon
(n.) A
sproutlike
prolongation
in front of the mouth of many
gephyreans.
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Parasita
::
Parasita
(n. pl.) A
division
of
copepod
Crustacea,
having
a
sucking
mouth,
as the
lerneans.
They are
mostly
parasites
on
fishes.
Called
also
Siphonostomata..
Pallet
::
Pallet
(n.) One of a pair of
shelly
plates
that
protect
the
siphon
tubes of
certain
bivalves,
as the
Teredo.
See
Illust.
of
Teredo..
Siphonifer
::
Siphonifer
(n.) Any
cephalopod
having
a
siphonate
shell.
Fury
::
Fury (n.) pl.
(Greek
Myth.)
The
avenging
deities,
Tisiphone,
Alecto,
and
Megaera;
the
Erinyes
or
Eumenides..
Siphonopoda
::
Siphonopoda
(n. pl.) A
division
of
Scaphopoda
including
those in which the foot
terminates
in a
circular
disk.
Tube-shell
::
Tube-shell
(n.) Any
bivalve
mollusk
which
secretes
a
shelly
tube
around
its
siphon,
as the
watering-shell..
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.) 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..
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
Siphonophoran
::
Siphonophoran
(n.) One of the
Siphonophora.
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.
Siphonostome
::
Siphonostome
(n.) A
siphonostomatous
shell.
Infundibulum
::
Infundibulum
(n.) The
siphon
of
Cephalopoda.
See
Cephalopoda.
Siphon
::
Siphon
(n.) The
sucking
proboscis
of
certain
parasitic
insects
and
crustaceans.
Physograde
::
Physograde
(n.) Any
siphonophore
which has an air sac for a
float,
as the
Physalia..
Gynophore
::
Gynophore
(n.) One of the
branches
bearing
the
female
gonophores,
in
certain
Siphonophora..
Siphonage
::
Siphonage
(n.) The
action
of a
siphon.
Asiphonata
::
Asiphonata
(n. pl.) Alt. of
Asiphonid.
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..
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..
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