Si"phon*et (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of the two dorsal tubular organs on the
hinder part of the abdomen of aphids. They give exit to the honeydew.
See Illust. under Aphis.
||Si*pho"ni*a (?), n. [NL.] (Bot.) A former name for a euphorbiaceous
||genus (Hevea) of South American trees, the principal source of
||caoutchouc.
||Si*pho`ni*a"ta (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) Same as Siphonata.
Si*phon"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to a siphon.
Si*phon"i*fer (?), n. [NL., fr. L. sipho, -onis, siphon + ferre to
bear.] (Zoöl.) Any cephalopod having a siphonate shell.
Si"phon*if"er*ous (?), a. [Siphon + -ferous.] (Zoöl.) Siphon-bearing,
as the shell of the nautilus and other cephalopods.
||Si*pho"ni*um (?), n.; pl. Siphonia (#). [NL., from Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;,
||dim. of &?;&?;&?;&?;. See Siphon.] (Anat.) A bony tube which, in some
||birds, connects the tympanium with the air chambers of the articular
||piece of the mandible.
||Si`pho*no*bran`chi*a"ta (?), n. pl. [NL. See Siphon, and Branchia.]
||(Zoöl.) A tribe of gastropods having the mantle border, on one or
||both sides, prolonged in the form of a spout through which water
||enters the gill cavity. The shell itself is not always
||siphonostomatous in this group.
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Si`pho*no*bran"chi*ate (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having a siphon, or siphons, to
convey water to the gills; belonging or pertaining to the
Siphonobranchiata. -- n. One of the Siphonobranchiata.
Si`pho*nog"ly*phe (?), n. [Siphon + Gr. &?;&?;&?; to engrave.] (Zoöl.)
A gonidium.
||Si`pho*noph"o*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?; a siphon +
||&?;&?;&?;&?; to bear.] (Zoöl.) An order of pelagic Hydrozoa including
||species which form complex free-swimming communities composed of
||numerous zooids of various kinds, some of which act as floats or as
||swimming organs, others as feeding or nutritive zooids, and others as
||reproductive zooids. See Illust. under Physallia, and Porpita.
Si`pho*noph"o*ran (?), a. (Zoöl.) Belonging to the Siphonophora. -- n.
One of the Siphonophora.
Si*phon"o*phore (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of the Siphonophora.
||Si`pho*nop"o*da (?), n. pl. [NL. See Siphon, and -poda.] (Zoöl.) A
||division of Scaphopoda including those in which the foot terminates
||in a circular disk.
||Si`pho*no*stom"a*ta (?), n. pl. [NL. See Siphon, and Stoma.] (Zoöl.)
||(a) A tribe of parasitic copepod Crustacea including a large number
||of species that are parasites of fishes, as the lerneans. They have a
||mouth adapted to suck blood. (b) An artificial division of gastropods
||including those that have siphonostomatous shells.
Si`pho*no*stom"a*tous (?), a. (Zoöl.) (a) Having the front edge of the
aperture of the shell prolonged in the shape of a channel for the
protection of the siphon; -- said of certain gastropods. (b) Pertaining
to the Siphonostomata.
Si`pho*nos"tome (?), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?; a siphon + &?;&?;&?; mouth.]
(Zoöl.) (a) Any parasitic entomostracan of the tribe Siphonostomata.
(b) A siphonostomatous shell.
Si`pho*rhi"nal (?), a. [Siphon + rhinal.] (Zoöl.) Having tubular
nostrils, as the petrels.
Si`pho*rhin"i*an (?), n. (Zoöl.) A siphorhinal bird.
Si"phun`cle (?), n. [L. siphunculus, sipunculus, dim. of sipho. See
Siphon.] (Zoöl.) The tube which runs through the partitions of
chambered cephalopod shells.
Si"phun`cled (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having a siphuncle; siphunculated.
Si*phun"cu*lar (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the siphuncle.
Si*phun"cu*la`ted (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having a siphuncle. Huxley.
Sip"id (?), a. [See Insipid, Sapid.] Having a taste or flavorl savory;
sapid. [Obs.] Cockeram.
Sip"per (?), n. One whi sips.
Sip"pet (?), n. [See Sip, Sop.] A small sop; a small, thin piece of
toasted bread soaked in milk, broth, or the like; a small piece of
toasted or fried bread cut into some special shape and used for
garnishing.
Your sweet sippets in widows' houses.
Milton.