siphon

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• Innocently I said, "Why, I thought the evolution and radiation of the siphon worms was of far greater importance."

  Fiction book (2001)

• On approaching the prey, the snail extends both the siphon and the tentacles, and on contact, it suddenly raises its foot and arches over its victim before pouncing.

  Academic text (1992)

• The beginning of specialization: one siphon becomes a gut!

  Fiction book (2001)

• "I assumed that the inner portions of each siphon became porous," I said slowly.

  Fiction book (2001)

• My theory is that the agcoran is a composite animal made up of those little siphons you see everywhere in the water.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Bristled polychaete worms insinuated themselves in this living terrain, and sometimes entered the siphons of sponges and tunicates.

  Academic text (1992)

• Their smooth surfaces were pocked with the incurrent and excurrent siphons through which they filtered plankton and organic material from the seawater.

  Academic text (1992)

• The octopus can quickly expel water through its siphon to propel itself away from danger.

• Clams use their siphons to filter food particles from the water as they feed.

• During low tide, you can see the siphons of various mollusks extended as they take in water.

Surface Forms

Etymology