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

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..

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

Asiphonate :: Asiphonate (a.) Destitute of a siphon or breathing tube; -- said of many bivalve shells.

Siphonostome :: Siphonostome (n.) Any parasitic entomostracan of the tribe Siphonostomata.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Physograde :: Physograde (n.) Any siphonophore which has an air sac for a float, as the Physalia..

Siphonobranchiate :: Siphonobranchiate (a.) Having a siphon, or siphons, to convey water to the gills; belonging or pertaining to the Siphonobranchiata..

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

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

Siphon :: 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..

Tube :: Tube (n.) One of the siphons of a bivalve mollusk.

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

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

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