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Siphuncle   Listen
noun
Siphuncle  n.  (Zool.) The tube which runs through the partitions of chambered cephalopod shells.





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... shell being supposed to be divided vertically, and only its upper part being shown. a, Arms; f, Muscular tube ("funnel") by which water is expelled from the mantle-chamber; c, Air-chambers; s, Siphuncle.] ...
— The Ancient Life History of the Earth • Henry Alleyne Nicholson


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