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noun
A strand of tissue passing longitudinally through the shell of a cephalopod, used primarily in emptying water from new chambers as the shell grows.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
A nectary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From Latin sīphunculus (“little tube”).
