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a tube running from the liquid in a vessel to a lower level outside the vessel so that atmospheric pressure forces the liquid through the tube convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon a tubular organ in an aquatic animal (especially in mollusks) through which water can be taken in or expelled move a liquid from one container into another by means of a siphon or a siphoning action; "siphon gas into the tank"
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[SI-fun] a slender breathing tube used by some aquatic insects so that they can stay under water while at the same time breathing air through the tube Siphonaptera [sigh-fun-AP-ter-ah] one of the insect groups, made up of the fleas, characterized by wingless, sideways flattened bodies, jumping legs, sucking mouthparts, and complete metamorphosis.
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A tubelike prolongation of the mantle that carries water in or out of the mantle cavity.
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a tube-like organ in some animals, such as clams and mussels, used to take in and expel water; water often contains food as it enters and wastes as it is expelled; some organisms, such as waterscorpions, use a siphon as a breathing tube while under water
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a tubular organ of aquatic invertebrates, by which water is taken in or expelled.
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