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siphonous

siphonous adjective: having tubular filaments.

Adjective

siphonous (not comparable)

  1. Having tubular filaments.

Origin of siphonous

From siphon + -ous.

Words formed from siphonous

Questions about siphonous

What does siphonous mean?
Siphonous means having tubular filaments.
What part of speech is siphonous?
Siphonous is an adjective.

Words near siphonous in the dictionary

  1. siphonostomatoid
  2. siphonostomatoids
  3. siphonostomatous
  4. siphonostome
  5. siphonostomes
  6. siphonous
  7. siphonoxanthin
  8. siphonozooid
  9. siphonozooids
  10. siphons
  11. siphons the python

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