Words Like SIPHON
We have put together a list of words that are similar to SIPHON.
8 Alternative Words Similar to siphon
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Syphon
Noun Synonym
10 definitions of siphon
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A bent pipe or tube with legs of unequal length, used for drawing liquid out of a vessel by causing it to rise in the tube over the rim or top.
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In zoology, a canal or conduit, without reference to size, shape, or function; generally, a tube or tubular organ through which water or other fluid passes; a siphuncle.
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[capitalized] [NL.] In conchology, a genus of gastropods. Also Sipho (Klein, 1753; Fabricius, 1822) and Sypho (Brown, 1827).
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In botany, one of the small peculiar cells surrounding the large elongated central cell in the frond of certain florideous algae. See monosiphonous, polysiphonous, Polysiphonia, pericentral.
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To convey, as water, by means of a siphon; transmit or remove by a siphon.
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To pass or be conducted through a siphon.
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A tubular anal organ of the aquatic bugs of the family Nepidæ, probably respiratory in function.
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In siphonophorans, a feeding zoöid or hydranth.
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A bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other, in which hydrostatic pressure exerted due to the force of gravity moves liquid from one reservoir to another.