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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024si•phun•cle (sī′fung kəl),USA pronunciation n. - Anatomy, Invertebrates(in a nautilus) the connecting tube that passes from the end of the body through all of the septa to the innermost chamber.
- Anatomy, Insects[Entomol.]an aphid cornicle.
- Latin sīp(h)unculus small tube through which water is forced, equivalent. to sīp(h)ōn-, stem of sīp(h)ō siphon + -culus -cule1 (see carbuncle)
- 1895–1900;
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