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siphuncles

siphuncles is the plural of siphuncle.

Meaning of siphuncle

Noun

siphuncle (plural siphuncles)

  1. A strand of tissue passing longitudinally through the shell of a cephalopod, used primarily in emptying water from new chambers as the shell grows.
    • 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.2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 37
  2. A nectary.

Questions about siphuncles

What is siphuncles the plural of?
Siphuncles is the plural of siphuncle.

Words near siphuncles in the dictionary

  1. siphovirus
  2. siphoviruses
  3. Siphrei Torah
  4. siphuncle
  5. siphuncled
  6. siphuncles
  7. siphuncular
  8. siphunculate
  9. siphunculated
  10. siphuncule
  11. siphuncules

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