siphuncle

[动]连室细管, 体管(指硬体), (蚜虫的)腹管

词形变化

siphuncles 复数 siphuncles

释义与例句

n.
  1. 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.

    生物 动物学
  2. 2.

    A nectary.

词源

From Latin sīphunculus (“little tube”).

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