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siphuncle(dictionary)

siphuncle (iou)



siphuncle noun. . M18.
[Latin siphunculus small tube, dim. of sipho SIPHON noun: see -UNCLE.]
Zoology. A calcareous tube containing living tissue, running through all the shell-chambers in cephalopods such as nautiloids and ammonites. M18.
Entomology. A cornicle. Formerly also, a suctorial proboscis. E19.
si'phuncular adjective of or pertaining to a siphuncle, acting or serving as a siphuncle M19.
si'phunculate adjective possessing a siphuncle; spec. in Entomology, of or pertaining to sucking lice of the order Siphunculata: L19.
si'phunculated adjective possessing a siphuncle E19.