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siphon

si·phon

also sy·phon (sī′fən)
n.
1. A tube that carries a liquid from a higher level up and over a barrier and then down to a lower level, with the flow maintained by gravity and atmospheric pressure as long as the tube remains filled.
2. Zoology A tubular organ, especially of aquatic invertebrates such as squids or clams, by which water is taken in or expelled.
v. si·phoned, si·phon·ing, si·phons also sy·phoned or sy·phon·ing or sy·phons
v.tr.
1. To draw off or convey (a liquid) through a siphon.
2. To take or transfer (something), often illicitly: siphon money from an account; siphon customers from a competitor.
v.intr.
To pass through a siphon.
[Middle English, from Latin sīphō, sīphōn-, from Greek sīphōn.]
si′phon·al, si·phon′ic adj.
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In common with other observers, we found no siphonal spines (Millar 1960).
Three Antarctic ascidians from Four Ladies Bank: Cnemidocarpa pfefferi (Michaelsen, 1898), Pyura discoveryi (Herdman, 1910) and Bathypera splendens Michaelsen, 1904
DNA was extracted from siphonal tissue and associated musculature.
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Tip pointed, siphonal capsule asymmetrical, outer arm larger and inner arm smaller.
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Primary ribs bear strong spiny umbilical tubercles, less marked inner ventrolateral tubercles and well marked clavate outer ventrolateral and siphonal tubercles.
Cenomanian transgression in the Basque-Cantabrian Basin (northern Spain) and associated faunal replacement
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They were present at quite a high density (four to five per square metre) projecting by as much as 10 mm above the cobble surface "with bottle-green siphonal orifices sampling the stream water.
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Potamilus amphichaenus have a noticeable opening exposing tissue towards the anterior end of the shell (pedal gape), which is oriented downward into the substrate and another posteriorly (siphonal gape) which projects upwards into the column of water (Howells et al., 1996).
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The only way of visually separating the shells of the two species is the presence of a patch of dark coloration near the siphonal canal of C.
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Unionids move vertically and horizontally in the substrate, open and close their valves and may expel strong siphonal excurrents (e.g., O'Riordan et al., 1995; Amyot and Downing, 1997; Kadar et al., 2001; Markich, 2003; Schwalb and Pusch, 2007).
Zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) attached to native mussels (unionidae) or inanimate substrates: comparison of physiological rates and biochemical composition

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