Syphon (Noun)
Meaning 1
A tubular organ in an aquatic animal (especially in mollusks) through which water can be taken in or expelled.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- A mussel draws in plankton-rich water through its inhalant siphon, and expels it through the exhalant siphon after feeding.
- Octopuses can forcefully expel water through their mantle and siphon to achieve high speeds during jet propulsion.
- Scallops filter-feed through the current generated by moving their valves to suck water in and then out of the inhalant siphon.
- Most siphons found in squid species play an important role in supporting strong muscular columns which work like pressure jets for speed boost in sea environment.
- Abalone sea hares eat using an alimentary tube placed under an inflatable distal distension tube between inner space head extension funnel vent closed rear folded along forward wide canted opened ring free mid longitudinal to rest that becomes breathing lung.
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Meaning 2
A tube running from the liquid in a vessel to a lower level outside the vessel so that gravity forces the liquid through the tube.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.