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Definition of siphon
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of siphon is as below...
Siphon
(v. t.) To
convey,
or draw off, by means of a
siphon,
as a
liquid
from one
vessel
to
another
at a lower
level..
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Asiphonida
::
Asiphonida
(n. pl.) A group of
bivalve
mollusks
destitute
of
siphons,
as the
oyster;
the
asiphonate
mollusks..
Pneumatocyst
::
Pneumatocyst
(n.) A cyst or sac of a
siphonophore,
containing
air, and
serving
as a
float,
as in
Physalia..
Asiphonate
::
Asiphonate
(n.) An
asiphonate
mollusk.
Siphonarid
::
Siphonarid
(n.) Any one of
numerous
species
of
limpet-shaped
pulmonate
gastropods
of the genus
Siphonaria.
They cling to rocks
between
high and low water marks and have both
lunglike
organs
and
gills.
Caoutchouc
::
Caoutchouc
(n.) A
tenacious,
elastic,
gummy
substance
obtained
from the milky sap of
several
plants
of
tropical
South
America
(esp. the
euphorbiaceous
tree
Siphonia
elastica
or Hevea
caoutchouc),
Asia, and
Africa.
Being
impermeable
to
liquids
and
gases,
and not
readly
affected
by
exposure
to air,
acids,
and
alkalies,
it is used,
especially
when
vulcanized,
for many
purposes
in the arts and in
manufactures.
Also
called
India
rubber
(because
it was first
brought
from
India,
and was
formerly
used c
Somatocyst
::
Somatocyst
(n.) A
cavity
in the
primary
nectocalyx
of
certain
Siphonophora.
See
Illust.
under
Nectocalyx.
Siphonophora
::
Siphonophora
(n. pl.) An order of
pelagic
Hydrozoa
including
species
which form
complex
free-swimming
communities
composed
of
numerous
zooids
of
various
kinds,
some of which act as
floats
or as
swimming
organs,
others
as
feeding
or
nutritive
zooids,
and
others
as
reproductive
zooids.
See
Illust.
under
Physallia,
and
Porpita..
Siphonophoran
::
Siphonophoran
(a.)
Belonging
to the
Siphonophora.
Siphonobranchiate
::
Siphonobranchiate
(a.)
Having
a
siphon,
or
siphons,
to
convey
water to the
gills;
belonging
or
pertaining
to the
Siphonobranchiata..
Velella
::
Velella
(n.) Any
species
of
oceanic
Siphonophora
belonging
to the genus
Velella.
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..
Siphonia
::
Siphonia
(pl. ) of
Siphoniu.
Hydrophyllium
::
Hydrophyllium
(n.) One of the flat,
leaflike,
protective
zooids,
covering
other
zooids
of
certain
Siphonophora..
Hydrozoa
::
Hydrozoa
(n. pl.) The
Acalephae;
one of the
classes
of
coelenterates,
including
the
Hydroidea,
Discophora,
and
Siphonophora..
Gynophore
::
Gynophore
(n.) One of the
branches
bearing
the
female
gonophores,
in
certain
Siphonophora..
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..
Calamary
::
Calamary
(n.) A
cephalopod,
belonging
to the genus
Loligo
and
related
genera.
There are many
species.
They have a sack of
inklike
fluid which they
discharge
from the
siphon
tube, when
pursued
or
alarmed,
in order to
confuse
their
enemies.
Their shell is a thin horny
plate,
within
the flesh of the back,
shaped
very much like a quill pen. In
America
they are
called
squids.
See
Squid..
Siphonia
::
Siphonia
(n.) A
former
name for a
euphorbiaceous
genus
(Hevea)
of South
American
trees,
the
principal
source
of
caoutchouc..
Siphonobranchiate
::
Siphonobranchiate
(n.) One of the
Siphonobranchiata.
Siphonostome
::
Siphonostome
(n.) A
siphonostomatous
shell.
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