siphuncule

词形变化

siphuncules 复数 siphuncules

别名

siphunculus

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A tube that connects adjacent chambers in the shells of some cephalopods.

    生物 动物学

词源

From Latin sīphunculus (“little tube”), from sīphō (“tube, pipe”) + -culus (diminutive suffix), from Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn), of uncertain and possibly non-Indo-European Mediterranean substrate origin.

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