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Webster 1913 Edition


Siphonostomatous

Siˊpho-no-stom′a-tous

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Adj.
(Zool.)
(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.