siphuncule

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin sīphunculus (“little tube”), from sīphō (“tube, pipe”) + -culus (diminutive suffix), from Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn), of uncertain and possibly non-Indo-European Mediterranean substrate origin.

Noun

siphuncule (plural siphuncules)

  1. (zoology) A tube that connects adjacent chambers in the shells of some cephalopods.

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

sīphuncule

  1. vocative singular of sīphunculus
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