| Siphon: English to English |
| Siphon (n.) A device, consisting of a pipe or tube bent so as to form two branches or legs of unequal length, by which a liquid can be transferred to a lower level, as from one vessel to another, over an intermediate elevation, by the action of the pressure of the at |
| Siphon (n.) A siphon bottle. |
| Siphon (n.) A sproutlike prolongation in front of the mouth of many gephyreans. |
| Siphon (n.) A tubular organ connected both with the esophagus and the intestine of certain sea urchins and annelids. |
| Siphon (n.) One of the tubes or folds of the mantle border of a bivalve or gastropod mollusk by which water is conducted into the gill cavity. See Illust. under Mya, and Lamellibranchiata. |
| Siphon (n.) The anterior prolongation of the margin of any gastropod shell for the protection of the soft siphon. |
| Siphon (n.) The siphuncle of a cephalopod shell. |
| Siphon (n.) The sucking proboscis of certain parasitic insects and crustaceans. |
| Siphon (n.) The tubular organ through which water is ejected from the gill cavity of a cephaloid. It serves as a locomotive organ, by guiding and confining the jet of water. Called also siphuncle. See Illust. under Loligo, and Dibranchiata. |
| Siphon (v. t.) To convey, or draw off, by means of a siphon, as a liquid from one vessel to another at a lower level. |