siphuncule

English

Alternative forms

• siphunculus

Etymology

From Latin sīphunculus (“little tube”), from sīphō (“tube, pipe”) + -culus (“forming diminutives”), from Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn), of uncertain and possibly non-Indo-European Mediterranean substrate origin.

Noun

siphuncule (plural siphuncules)

1. (zoology) A tube that connects adjacent chambers in the shells of some cephalopods.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /siːˈpʰun.ku.le/, [s̠iːˈpʰʊŋkʊɫ̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /siˈfun.ku.le/, [siˈfuŋkule]

Noun

sīphuncule

1. vocative singular of sīphunculus