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Webster 1913 Edition


Asiphonate

A-si′phon-ate

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Adj.
(Zool.)
Destitute of a siphon or breathing tube; – said of many bivalve shells.
Noun.
An asiphonate mollusk.

Definition 2024


asiphonate

asiphonate

English

Adjective

asiphonate (not comparable)

  1. (zoology) Lacking a siphon or breathing tube.
    an asiphonate bivalve shell

Noun

asiphonate (plural asiphonates)

  1. (zoology) Any mollusk lacking a siphon or breathing tube.