Siphuncle Uncommon

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Noun

A strand of tissue passing longitudinally through the shell of a cephalopod, used primarily in emptying water from new chambers as the shell grows.

See Also

chamber intrasiphuncular endosiphuncular longitudinal siphuncled tissue cephalopod nectary

Related Terms

chamber intrasiphuncular endosiphuncular longitudinal siphuncled tissue cephalopod nectary siphunculated strand siphuncular shell

Rhyming Words

cle icle secle macle cycle sicle socle uncle zocle circle sarcle boucle surcle guncle mascle oracle acicle icicle nuncle muscle

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