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Moreover, the creature has a long, double, spoutlike organ, which it can elevate some distance above the bottom, through which it draws and discharges the water from which it obtains food and air.

From Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography by Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate