Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not possessing a respiratory tube or siphon: opposed to siphonate; specifically, of or pertaining to the Asiphonata. H. A. Nicholson. Also
asiphoniate and esiphonate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Destitute of a siphon or breathing tube; -- said of many bivalve shells.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology Lacking a
siphon or breathing tube. - noun zoology Any
mollusk lacking a siphon or breathing tube.
Etymologies
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a- + siphonate
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