siphuncule
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Etymology edit
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 edit
siphuncule (plural siphuncules)
- (zoology) A tube that connects adjacent chambers in the shells of some cephalopods.
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Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /siːˈpʰun.ku.le/, [s̠iːˈpʰʊŋkʊɫ̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /siˈfun.ku.le/, [siˈfuŋkule]
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sīphuncule