*siphon*

{ ‖‖‖ } n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; a tube. ] (Zool.) A group of bivalve mollusks destitute of siphons, as the oyster; the asiphonate mollusks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The siphon of a phragmocone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. pro- for + siphon. ] (Zool.) A minute tube found in the protoconch of ammonites, and not connected with the true siphon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. siphon, L. sipho, -onis, fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a siphon, tube, pipe. ] 1. A device, consisting of a pipe or tube bent so as to form two branches or legs of unequal length, by which a liquid can be transferred to a lower level, as from one vessel to another, over an intermediate elevation, by the action of the pressure of the atmosphere in forcing the liquid up the shorter branch of the pipe immersed in it, while the continued excess of weight of the liquid in the longer branch (when once filled) causes a continuous flow. The flow takes place only when the discharging extremity of the pipe ia lower than the higher liquid surface, and when no part of the pipe is higher above the surface than the same liquid will rise by atmospheric pressure; that is, about 33 feet for water, and 30 inches for mercury, near the sea level. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) One of the tubes or folds of the mantle border of a bivalve or gastropod mollusk by which water is conducted into the gill cavity. See Illust. under Mya, and Lamellibranchiata. (b) The anterior prolongation of the margin of any gastropod shell for the protection of the soft siphon. (c) The tubular organ through which water is ejected from the gill cavity of a cephaloid. It serves as a locomotive organ, by guiding and confining the jet of water. Called also siphuncle. See Illust. under Loligo, and Dibranchiata. (d) The siphuncle of a cephalopod shell. (e) The sucking proboscis of certain parasitic insects and crustaceans. (f) A sproutlike prolongation in front of the mouth of many gephyreans. (g) A tubular organ connected both with the esophagus and the intestine of certain sea urchins and annelids. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A siphon bottle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Inverted siphon, a tube bent like a siphon, but having the branches turned upward; specifically (Hydraulic Engineering), a pipe for conducting water beneath a depressed place, as from one hill to another across an intervening valley, following the depression of the ground. --
Siphon barometer. See under Barometer. --
Siphon bottle, a bottle for holding aerated water, which is driven out through a bent tube in the neck by the gas within the bottle when a valve in the tube is opened; -- called also gazogene, and siphoid. --
Siphon condenser, a condenser for a steam engine, in which the vacuum is maintained by the downward flow of water through a vertical pipe of great height. --
Siphon cup, a cup with a siphon attached for carrying off any liquid in it; specifically (Mach.), an oil cup in which oil is carried over the edge of a tube in a cotton wick, and so reaches the surface to be lubricated. --
Siphon gauge. See under Gauge. --
Siphon pump, a jet pump. See under Jet, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Chem.) To convey, or draw off, by means of a siphon, as a liquid from one vessel to another at a lower level. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The action of a siphon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a siphon; resembling a siphon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Siphonal stomach (Zool.), a stomach which is tubular and bent back upon itself, like a siphon, as in the salmon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of limpet-shaped pulmonate gastropods of the genus Siphonaria. They cling to rocks between high and low water marks and have both lunglike organs and gills. -- Si`pho*na"rid, a. [1913 Webster]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A tribe of bivalve mollusks in which the posterior mantle border is prolonged into two tubes or siphons. Called also Siphoniata. See Siphon, 2 (a), and Quahaug. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having a siphon or siphons. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Belonging to the Siphonata. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the two dorsal tubular organs on the hinder part of the abdomen of aphids. They give exit to the honeydew. See Illust. under Aphis. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] (Bot.) A former name for a euphorbiaceous genus (Hevea) of South American trees, the principal source of caoutchouc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) Same as Siphonata. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a siphon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. L. sipho, -onis, siphon + ferre to bear. ] (Zool.) Any cephalopod having a siphonate shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Siphon + -ferous. ] (Zool.) Siphon-bearing, as the shell of the nautilus and other cephalopods. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Siphonia [ NL., from Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, dim. of &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. See Siphon. ] (Anat.) A bony tube which, in some birds, connects the tympanium with the air chambers of the articular piece of the mandible. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Siphon, and Branchia. ] (Zool.) A tribe of gastropods having the mantle border, on one or both sides, prolonged in the form of a spout through which water enters the gill cavity. The shell itself is not always siphonostomatous in this group. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having a siphon, or siphons, to convey water to the gills; belonging or pertaining to the Siphonobranchiata. -- n. One of the Siphonobranchiata. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Siphon + Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to engrave. ] (Zool.) A gonidium. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a siphon + fe`rein to bear. ] (Zool.) An order of pelagic Hydrozoa including species which form complex free-swimming communities composed of numerous zooids of various kinds, some of which act as floats or as swimming organs, others as feeding or nutritive zooids, and others as reproductive zooids. See Illust. under Physallia, and Porpita. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Belonging to the Siphonophora. -- n. One of the Siphonophora. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Siphonophora. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Siphon, and -poda. ] (Zool.) A division of Scaphopoda including those in which the foot terminates in a circular disk. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Siphon, and Stoma. ] (Zool.) (a) A tribe of parasitic copepod Crustacea including a large number of species that are parasites of fishes, as the lerneans. They have a mouth adapted to suck blood. (b) An artificial division of gastropods including those that have siphonostomatous shells. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) (a) Having the front edge of the aperture of the shell prolonged in the shape of a channel for the protection of the siphon; -- said of certain gastropods. (b) Pertaining to the Siphonostomata. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a siphon + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; mouth. ] (Zool.) (a) Any parasitic entomostracan of the tribe Siphonostomata. (b) A siphonostomatous shell. [ 1913 Webster ]