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siphonnounA bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other, in which hydrostatic pressure exerted due to the force of gravity moves liquid from one reservoir to another.
siphonoglyphnounA longitudinal flagellated chamber found in most cnidarians in the classes Scyphozoa and Anthozoa, extending from the mouth towards the coelenteron (body cavity).
siphosomenounThe part of a siphonophore colony that contains the feeding, reproductive, and defensive zooids
siphonostomenoun(zoology) A siphonostomatous shell.
siphonetnoun(now rare, zoology) a cornicle (tubular organs on aphids, which secrete honeydew).
siphonophorannoun(zoology) Any of the Siphonophorae.
tentillumnounA branch of a tentacle, especially one of a siphonophore
pseudosiphonnounAny structure that has the appearance of the siphon of a mollusc
siphonoglyphenoun(zoology) Alternative form of siphonoglyph. [A longitudinal flagellated chamber found in most cnidarians in the classes Scyphozoa and Anthozoa, extending from the mouth towards the coelenteron (body cavity).]
siphonostelenoun(botany) A type of stele in which the vascular tissue in the stem forms a cylinder surrounding a central pith and possessing leaf gaps.
shell sacnoun(zoology) The sac in which the shell of a mollusc is secreted during development; (now especially) the fold of mantle in which a cephalopod secretes its pen or gladius.
hyponomenoun(zoology) A tubular organ of a cephalopod, used to expel water.
nectostemnoun(zoology) That portion of the axis which bears the nectocalyces in siphonophores.
siphonozooidnounA polyp, in some soft coral colonies, that supplies water to the colony
prosiphonnoun(zoology) A minute tube found in the protoconch of ammonites, not connected with the true siphon.
gubernaculumnounA part or structure that serves as a guide:
hydrœciumnounAlternative form of hydroecium. [A sac attached onto a nectocalyx or swimming bell of specific types of oceanic hydrozoa.]
living chambernoun(zoology) The part of a cephalopod's shell which is physically occupied by the animal's body, as opposed to those chambers that serve to provide buoyancy.
phyllidiumnoun(zoology) A muscular, leaf-shaped or cuplike outgrowth from the lateral wall of the scolex of some cestodes.
nectophorenoun(biology) The swimming bell of a siphonophore

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