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Meaning of siphuncle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  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.
  2. A nectary.

Examples

“An extra-salty siphuncle naturally absorbs water from the phragmocone chambers, and the empty space left behind is filled with gases diffusing out from the blood.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

siphuncule Siping Sipka Siple siplizumab Sipocot

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