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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In entomology, same as Hemiptera.
  • In conchology, a division of lamellibranch or bivalve mollusks, containing those which have one or two siphons.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun plural (Zoöl.) A tribe of bivalve mollusks in which the posterior mantle border is prolonged into two tubes or siphons. Called also Siphoniata. See siphon, 2 (a), and quahaug.

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