siphunculated

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin sīphunculus +‎ -ated.[1]

Adjective

siphunculated (not comparable)

  1. (zoology) Having a siphuncle.
    • 1877, Thomas Henry Huxley, A Manual of the anatomy of vertebrated animals:
      Cephalopods may have very various forms , and may even be chambered and siphunculated; but , in this case , the chamber nearest the mouth of the shell is small , and incapable of lodging the viscera

References

  1. ^ “siphunculated, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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