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单词 siphuncle
释义

siphuncle

English

Etymology

From Latin sīphunculus (little tube).

Noun

siphuncle (plural siphuncles)

  1. (zoology) A strand of tissue passing longitudinally through the shell of a cephalopod, used primarily in emptying water from new chambers as the shell grows.
    • 2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 37:
      An extra-salty siphuncle naturally absorbs water from the phragmocone chambers, and the empty space left behind is filled with gases diffusing out from the blood.
  2. A nectary.

Derived terms

  • endosiphuncle

Anagrams

  • uncleship
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