siphuncle
noun
(in a nautilus) the connecting tube that passes from the end of the body through all of the septa to the innermost chamber.
siphuncular
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a word derived from
siphuncle.
Example Sentences
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No structure comparable to this siphuncular pedicle is known in any other Mollusca.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
Cut and polished length-wise, the fossil shows a magnificent logarithmic spiral, the general pattern of the dwelling which was a pearl palace, with numerous chambers traversed by a siphuncular corridor.
From The Life of the Spider by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
Extinct; shell with well-developed phragmacone, and rostrum merely a calcareous envelope; siphuncular necks directed backwards as in Nautiloidea; ten equal arms provided with hooks.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
