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Pneumatocyst :: Pneumatocyst (n.) A cyst or sac of a siphonophore, containing air, and serving as a float, as in Physalia..

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

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

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..

Sprack :: Spoutshell (n.) Any marine gastropod shell of the genus Apporhais having an elongated siphon. See Illust. under Rostrifera.

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

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

Siphonophoran :: Siphonophoran (a.) Belonging to the Siphonophora.

Nectocalyx :: Nectocalyx (n.) One of the zooids of certain Siphonophora, having somewhat the form, and the essential structure, of the bell of a jellyfish, and acting as a swimming organ..

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

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.

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

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..

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

Siphonet :: Siphonet (n.) One of the two dorsal tubular organs on the hinder part of the abdomen of aphids. They give exit to the honeydew. See Illust. under Aphis.

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

Limpet :: Limpet (n.) Any species of Siphonaria, a genus of limpet-shaped Pulmonifera, living between tides, on rocks..

Siphoniata :: Siphoniata (n. pl.) Same as Siphonata.

Somatocyst :: Somatocyst (n.) A cavity in the primary nectocalyx of certain Siphonophora. See Illust. under Nectocalyx.

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

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