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Siphonata :: Siphonata (n. pl.) A tribe of bivalve mollusks in which the posterior mantle border is prolonged into two tubes or siphons. Called also Siphoniata. See Siphon, 2 (a), and Quahaug..

Physaliae :: Physaliae (n. pl.) An order of Siphonophora which includes Physalia.

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

Siphonage :: Siphonage (n.) The action of a siphon.

Taster :: Taster (n.) One of a peculiar kind of zooids situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophora. They somewhat resemble the feeding zooids, but are destitute of mouths. See Siphonophora..

Siphonobranchiate :: Siphonobranchiate (n.) One of the Siphonobranchiata.

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..

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

Siphon :: Siphon (n.) A tubular organ connected both with the esophagus and the intestine of certain sea urchins and annelids.

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

Asiphonata :: Asiphonata (n. pl.) Alt. of Asiphonid.

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..

Phragmosiphon :: Phragmosiphon (n.) The siphon of a phragmocone.

Asiphonida :: Asiphonida (n. pl.) A group of bivalve mollusks destitute of siphons, as the oyster; the asiphonate mollusks..

Asiphonea :: Asiphonea (n. pl.) Alt. of Asiphonid.

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

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..

Siphonophoran :: Siphonophoran (n.) One of the Siphonophora.

Siphon :: Siphon (n.) The anterior prolongation of the margin of any gastropod shell for the protection of the soft siphon.

Tube-shell :: Tube-shell (n.) Any bivalve mollusk which secretes a shelly tube around its siphon, as the watering-shell..

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