Siphuncle - English meaning
Siphuncle – definitions in English dictionary
noun(in shelled cephalopods such as nautiloids and ammonoids) a calcareous tube containing living tissue running through all the shell chambers, serving to pump fluid out of vacant chambers in order to adjust buoyancy.
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The dorsal siphuncles of the clymeniida tend to be larger than the ventral siphuncles of other ammo…
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Word origin
mid 18th century: from Latin siphunculus ‘small tube’.
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