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siphuncle

The English word “siphuncle” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

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

Etymology

From Latin sīphunculus (“little tube”).

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