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hyponome

hyponome noun: a tubular organ of a cephalopod, used to expel water.

Noun

hyponome (plural hyponomes)

  1. A tubular organ of a cephalopod, used to expel water.
    • Ordinarily, it swims forward, but the hyponome can give an emergency spritz, sending the hydrodynamic cone floating backwards at speed with a powerful jet through long thin streamers of brown seaweed and clouds of scattering shrimp.2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 243

Forms of hyponome

pluralhyponomes

Origin of hyponome

From Ancient Greek ὑπονομή (huponomḗ, “underground passage”).

Words formed from hyponome

Questions about hyponome

What does hyponome mean?
Hyponome means a tubular organ of a cephalopod, used to expel water.
What part of speech is hyponome?
Hyponome is a noun.
What is the plural of hyponome?
The plural of hyponome is hyponomes.

Words near hyponome in the dictionary

  1. hyponitrites
  2. hyponitrosylated
  3. hyponitrous
  4. hyponitrous acid
  5. hyponoia
  6. hyponome
  7. hyponomes
  8. hyponomic
  9. hyponormal
  10. hyponormality
  11. hyponutrition

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