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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..

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

Diphyozooid :: Diphyozooid (n.) One of the free-swimming sexual zooids of Siphonophora.

Siphonate :: Siphonate (a.) Belonging to the Siphonata.

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

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

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

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.

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..

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

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

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

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

Siphonifer :: Siphonifer (n.) Any cephalopod having a siphonate shell.

Crane :: Crane (n.) A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask..

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

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..

Siphonia :: Siphonia (n.) A former name for a euphorbiaceous genus (Hevea) of South American trees, the principal source of caoutchouc..

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..

Fury :: Fury (n.) pl. (Greek Myth.) The avenging deities, Tisiphone, Alecto, and Megaera; the Erinyes or Eumenides..

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