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

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

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

Prosiphon :: Prosiphon (n.) A minute tube found in the protoconch of ammonites, and not connected with the true siphon..

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

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..

Infundibulum :: Infundibulum (n.) The siphon of Cephalopoda. See Cephalopoda.

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..

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..

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.

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

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..

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

Siphon :: Siphon (n.) The siphuncle of a cephalopod shell.

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

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

Siphoniferous :: Siphoniferous (a.) Siphon-bearing, as the shell of the nautilus and other cephalopods..

Gynophore :: Gynophore (n.) One of the branches bearing the female gonophores, in certain Siphonophora..

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

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..

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