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Siphonophora 
Diphyidae, and VdelliO.se. See cuts under hydroplisilKum, 
Physalia, hydraiith, tentacular, Atlwrybia, gonoMastiiliuin, 
gonophore, and nematocyst. 
siphonophoran (si-fo-nof'o-ran), a. and . [< 
NL. Siphonophora" + -a*.] I.' a. Of or pertain- 
ing to the Siphonophora. 
II. n. A member of the subclass ,SV>AM- 
phora. 
siphonophorc (si'fo-no-for), n. [< NL. Siph<>n<>- 
phora't.] Same as siphonophoran. Encyc. lirit., 
XVIII. 261. 
siphonophorous (si-fo-nof'o-rus), a. [< NL. 
"siphonophorus : see Siphonophora 1 .} Same as 
Siphonophora n. 
siphonoplax (si-fon'o-plaks), . [< Gr. oityuv, a 
tube, pipe, + jr/ldf, a tablet, plate.] One of 
several calcareous plates behind the valves of 
certain pholads, which combine to form a tube 
around the siphons. See Pholadidea. 
siphonopod (sl-fon'o-pod), a. and n. [< Gr. 
aityuv, a tube, pipe, + TTOVC_ (Trod-) = E. .foot.] I. a. 
Having the foot converted into a siphon ; hav- 
ing a tubular mesopodium; of or pertaining to 
the Siphonopoda. 
II. n. A member of the Siphonopoda ; a ceph- 
alopod. 
Siphonopoda (si-fo-nop'o-da), n. pi. [NL. : see 
siphonopod.} 1. 'The Cephalopoda, in an ordi- 
nary sense. When the pteropods are included with the 
cephalopoda in one class, the latter constitute a branch or 
division, Siphonopoda, contrasted with Pteropoda. E. R. 
Lanltester. 
2. An order of scaphopodous mollusks, repre- 
sented by the Siphonodentaliidse. 0. Sars. 
siphonopodous (si-fo-nop'o-dus), a. Same as 
siphonopod. 
siphonorhine (si-fon'o-rin), a. [< Gr. aupuv, a 
tube, pipe, + p/f (piv-), nose.] Having tubular 
nostrils, as a petrel; tubinarial. 
siphonorhinian (si"f6-n6-rin'i-an), a. and n. [< 
siphonorhine + -ian.} I. . Same as siphono- 
rhine. 
II. n. A tube-nosed bird that is, a bird of 
the petrel family. 
Siphonorhis (si-fon'o- 
ris), . [NL. (P. L. Scl'a- 
ter, 1861): see siphono- 
rhine.} A genus of Amer- 
ican Caprimulgida or 
goatsuckers, having tu- 
bular nostrils. The only 
species, S. americana, in- 
habits Jamaica. 
Siphonostoma (si-fo- 
nos'to-ma), n. pi. In zool., same as Siphono- 
stomata, 1. 
Siphonostomata (si'^o-no-stora'a-ta), n. pi. 
[NL., neut. pi. of siphonosiomatus :' seesiphono- 
stumatous.} 1. In Crustacea : (a) In Latreille's 
classification, the second family of his 1'acilopo- 
da, divided into (Miyidcs and Lernasiformes, the 
former of which is approximately equivalent to 
the modern order Siphonostomata, the latter to 
the Lernxoitlea. All are parasitic crustaceans. 
(b) An order of epizoic or parasitic crustaceans, 
having the thorax segmented, several pairs of 
limbs, three pairs of maxillipeds, and antennae. 
It corresponds to the Caligides of Latreille. 
There are several families of these fish-lice. 
Also called Siphonostoma. 2. In jfollusea, a 
division of prosobranchiate gastropods, having 
the lip of the shell notched, canaliculate, or 
tubular, for the 
protrusion of a 
respiratory si- 
phon : contrast- 
ed with Holosto- 
mata. This forma- 
tion of the shell is 
correlated with the 
development of the 
siphon (see Siphono- 
Irranchiata, Siphono- 
chlamyda). In De 
Blainville's classifi- 
cation the Siphono- 
stomata were one of three families into which he divided 
his Siphoiiobranchiata, contrasted with Eiitomostomata and 
Angiostomata, and Included numerous genera of several 
modern families, as Pleurotomidx, Turbinellidee, Colum- 
bellid.se, Murwidee, and others. All these gastropods are 
marine, and most are carnivorous. 
siphonostomatous (si // f9-no-stom'a-tus), a. [< 
NL. siphonostomatiis, < Gr. 'atytiv, a" tube, pipe, 
+ orojua(r-), mouth, front.] Having a sipho- 
nate mouth, in any form; of or pertaining to the 
Siphonostomata, in any sense. Specifically (a) 
Having a tubular or flstulous snout, as a pipe fish. (6) 
Having mouth-parts fitted for sucking or holding on, as a 
flsh-lonse : opposed to odontostomatnua. (c) Having the 
lip of the shell canaliculate, as a shell-fish ; not holostom- 
atous. Also siphonostmnom. 
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siphonOStome (si'fo-no-stom), . [< NL. Si- 
lihonostoiua.} A siphonostomatous animal, as 
a fish, a fish-louse, or a shell-fish. 
siphonostomous (si-fo-nos'to-mus), a. Same 
Siphonorhis atnencana 
Red Whelk (Fusus antiquits), one of 
the Siphonostomata. 
a, branchial siphon ; f>, proboscis ; c , oper- 
culum ; d, d, tentacles; /, foot. 
siphon-pipe (si'fon-pip), . 1. A pipe witli ii 
curve or bend, acting on the principle of the 
siphon, serving to conduct liquids over inequal- 
ities of ground. 2. In conch., a siphon or si- 
phon-tube. 
siphon-pump (si Ton -pump), n. A form of 
steam jet-pump placed at the lower end of a 
delivery-pipe, near the surface of the water 
to be raised, having also a short suction-pipe, 
and taking its steam at the bottom through a 
beut pipe or inverted siphon, which extends 
downward, and turns upward at its lower end 
to unite with the steam induction-port of the 
pump. Compare ejector and injector. 
siphon-recorder (s5'fon-re-kor''der), n. An 
instrument, invented by Sir William Thomson, 
for recording messages sent through long tele- 
graphic lines, as submarine cables. See re- 
corder, 5, and telegraph. 
siphon-shell (si'fgn-shel), n. Any member of 
the Si/ilionariida. 
siphon-slide (si'fqn-slid), n. In microscopy, a 
form of glass slide adapted for holding small 
aquatic animals or fish in the field of a micro- 
scope. It has a tank which is filled with water and is 
connected by means of rubber tubes with two bottles. 
On one bottle filled with water being placed above the 
slide, and the other below it, the tubes act as a siphon, and 
maintain a constant current through the tank. 
siphon-tube (si'fon-tub), n. In conch., a siphon 
or siphon-pipe. 
siphon-worm (si'fon-werm), n. Any member 
of the Sipunculida; a spoon worm. 
siphorhinal (si-fo-ri'nal), a. Same as siphono- 
rhine. 
siphorhinian (si-fo-riu'i-an), a. Same as sipho- 
norhinian. 
siphosome (si'fo-som), n. [< Gr. aifuv, a tube, 
pipe, + au/ia, tlie body.] The nutrient portion 
of a siphonophoran stock. See nectosome. 
siphuncle (si fung-kl), n. [<L.siphunculus,liL. 
also sipunculus, dim. of sipho(n-), tube, pipe : 
see siphon.} Inzool.: (a) A siphon ; especially, 
the siphon or funnel of tetrabranchiate cephalo- 
poda, between the chambers of the shell which 
it connects. See cut under Tetrabranehiata. 
(b) In entom., same as nectary, 2. Also called 
cornicle, honey-tube, siphonet, and sipkuneulus. 
siphuncled (si'fung-kld), a. [< siphuncle + 
-cd 2 .} Having a siphuncle. 
Siphuncular (si-fung'ku-lar), . [< L. siphun- 
fnliis, a little tube or pipe, T -or 3 .] Of or per- 
taining to a siphuncle ; siphonal : as, the siphitn- 
cular pedicle of a pearly nautilus. 
siphunculate (si-fung'ku-lat), a. [< L. siphun- 
cttlus (see siphuncle) + -ate 1 .} Having a si- 
phuncle; siphuncled. 
siphunculated (si-fung'ku-la-ted), a. [< si- 
pliunculate + -erf 2 .] Same as siphunculate. 
siphunculus (si-fung'ku-lus), n. [NL., < L. si- 
phunculus, a little tube: see siphuncle.} 1. PI. 
sipJittnculi (-li). In entom., a siphuncle. 2. 
[cj>.] See Sipunculus. J. E. Gray, 1840. 
sipper (sip'er), . One who sips. 
They are all nippers ; . . . they look as they would not 
drink off two pen'orth of bottle-ale amongst them. 
11. Jonson, Bartholomew Fair, iii. 1. 
sippet (sip'et), . [Formerly also sippit; early 
mod. E. syppet; < sip or sop (with vowel-change 
as in sip) + -et.} If. A little sip or sup. 
In all her dinner she ilrinketh but once, and that is not 
pure wine, but water mixed with wine ; in suche wise 
that with her sippets none may satisfle his appetite, and 
much lesse kill his thirst. 
Guevara, Letters (tr. by Hellowes, 1577), p. 98. 
2. Anything soaked or dipped in a liquid be- 
fore being eaten; a sop; especially, in the 
plural, bread cut into small pieces and served 
in milk or broth. In modern cookery the term is ap- 
plied to small pieces of toasted or fried bread served 
with soup or with minced meat. 
Cut this bread in sippets for brewis. 
Urquhart, tr. of Rabelais, ii. 4. 
Put then into him [a chub] a convenient quantity of the 
best butter you can get. with a little nutmeg grated into 
it, and sippets of white bread. 
/. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 70. 
3. A fragment ; a bit. 
What can you do with three or four fools in a dish, and 
a blockhead cut into sippets' 
Middleton and Rowley, Spanish Gypsy, ii. 1. 
sipple (sip'l), v.\ pret. and pp. sippled, ppr. sip- 
pling. [Freq. of sip.} I. intrans. To sip fre- 
quently; tipple. 
sipylite 
A trick of sipplitvj and tippling. Scott, Antiquary, Ix. 
II. trans. To drink by sips. 
From this topic he transferred his disquisitions to the 
verb drink, which he affirmed was improperly applied to 
the taking of coffee ; inasmuch as people did not ilrink, 
but sip or ripple that liquor. 
Snwttett, Roderick Random, xlv. (Davies.) 
siprest, An obsolete spelling of cypress^. 
Sipunculacea(si-pung-ku-la'se-a), n.'pl. [NL., 
< LL. sipuncidus, a little tube or siphon (see 
xipunculux, siphuncle), + -acea.} The spoon- 
worms, in a broad sense, as a group of echino- 
derms : synonymous with Gephyrea. Brandt, 
1835. 
sipunculacean (si-puug-ku-la'se-an), a. and n. 
I. a. Of or pertaining to the Hipuitculacea ; si- 
punculoid; gephyrean. 
II. n. A member of the Sipunculacea ; a 
gephyrean worm, 
sipunculaceous (si-puug-ku-la'shius), a. Same 
as sipunculacean. 
Sipunculida(si-pung-ku'li-da), n. pi. [NL., < 
ffijiunculits + -ida.} The spoonworms: so named 
by Leuckart in 1848 as an order of his class Scy- 
todermata, contrasted with Holotiiuriee. 
Sipunculidae (si-pung-ku'li-de), . pi. [NL., 
< tiipiinculus + -idee.} 1. The spoonworms 
proper, a restricted family of sipunculoid or 
gephyrean worms, typified by the genus Sij/iui- 
ciilu/i, having a retractile tentaculiferous pro- 
boscis. 2. The Sipunculoidea as a class of ani- 
mals under a phylum Gephyrea. E. S. Lankester. 
sipunculiform (si-pung ku-li-f6rm), a. [< NL. 
Sipunculus, q. v., + L. forma, form.] Same as 
sipunculoid. 
sipunculoid (s!-pung'ku-loid), . and n. [< Si- 
punculus + -aid.} J. a. Resembling a spoon- 
worm ; related or pertaining to the Sipuncu- 
loidea : as, a sipunculoid gephyrean. 
II. . A member of the Sipunculoidea. 
Sipunculoidea (si-pung-ku-loi'de-fi), . pi. 
[NL.,< Sipunculus + -oidea.} The spoonworms, 
in a broad senee, as a class of annulose animals : 
synonymous with Sipunculacea and Gephyrea. 
Sipunculomorpha (si-pung*ku-lo-m6r'fa), . 
pi. [NL.,< Si- 
punculus, q.v., 
+ Gr. uoixt,ii, 
form, shape.] 
The spoon- 
worms as a 
subclass of 
Gephyrea, con- 
trasted with 
Echiuromor- 
pha, and com- 
posed of two 
orders, Sipun- 
culina and I'ri- 
apulina. 
sipunculo- 
morphic (si- 
pung *ku-16- 
mor'fik),'o. t< 
Sipunculomor- 
pha + -ic.] 
Having the 
form or struc- 
B 
tllT6 OI Jl A. SfpunculMS ftuefus, one fourth natural 
spoonwormiof size> in l S*^ftti s * ction ; T - t l entac l!! 7 ; 
. .' *','", r, r, four retractor muscles of the probos- 
Or pertaining cis,detachedfromthepointsr',r'inthebody- 
fntrio Vinuti/'H walls: <*, anus; a, esophagus; r, intestine 
aempuncu- ^Mij'.j", its loops; *,>,appendagesofrec- 
litflt'tl'nha. turn; *, fusiform muscle: ?c. ciliated groove 
Oi . li_/ - of intestine; ?, analmuscles ; j.cajcal glands 
OlpUnCUlUS( SI- of /, cseca, the so-called testes ; f, pore at end 
DUUe'ku-luS). of txx| y: nervous cord, ending in a lobed 
e jT^yL * uo ' ganglionic mass near the mouth, with an en- 
n. [^JL., \ largement, J , posteiiorly ; nt' , m", muscles 
T T <*>'>/ >j/>j/ associated with the netvous cord. 
LiLl. SlpUIICU- Larval Sipunculus.about one twelfth of an 
/'/.s'. Var. Of SI- inch long, o, tnouih ; of. esophagus ; s, caecal 
,,/;>i>,<.ii/</v a gland; i '.intestine with masses of fatty cells; 
pltunCUlUS, a a . anus ; TV, ciiiated groove of intestine ; f, 
little tube Or brain with two pairs of red eye spots; ,ner- 
vous cord ; /, pore ; /, /', so-called testes ; 
pipe I See SI- If, W, circlet ofciUa. 
iiliuncle.} 1. 
The typical genus of Sipunculidee, named by 
Brandt, in 1835, as a genus of eehinoderms. 
The retractile proboscis is as long aa the body, and pro- 
vided with a circlet of tentacles about the mouth. S. 
bernhardus is found on the coast of Europe, living at a 
depth of from 10 to 30 fathoms in the shell of some mol- 
lusk. Some species burrow in the sand and are used for 
bait or as food, as S. edulis. 
2. [I. c.} A member of this genus, 
sipylite (sip'i-lit), n. [So called in allusion to 
the associated names niobium and tantalum; 
< L. Sipulus, < Gr. 2<VvAof, the name of one of 
the children of Niobe and of a mountain near 
Smyrna where Niobe was changed to stone, + 
-ite%. Cf. niobium, tantalum.} A rare niobite 
of erbium, the metals of the cerium group, 
uranium, and other bases. It occurs iu tetragonal 
