siphonostomatous

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English

Etymology 1

From siphono- +‎ -stomatous.

Adjective

siphonostomatous (not comparable)

  1. (zoology) Having the front edge of the aperture of the shell lengthened in the shape of a channel for the protection of the siphon; said of certain gastropods.

Etymology 2

Siphonostomata +‎ -ous

Adjective

siphonostomatous (not comparable)

  1. (zoology, obsolete) Pertaining to the Siphonostomata.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for siphonostomatous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)