单词 | siphuncle |
释义 | siphunclen. Zoology. 1. A small canal or tube traversing and connecting the shell-chambers in certain cephalopods; = siphunculus n., and siphon n. 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [noun] > member of > parts of > tube connecting shell-chambers siphunculus1752 siphon1822 siphuncle1822 sipho1888 1822 J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 161 The most important part of this organ, the continuous siphuncle. 1862 G. Kearley Links in Chain v. 103 A membranous tube termed the Siphuncle, which originating in the body of the nautilus in the outer chamber passes through all the partitions in succession. 1870 H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. (1875) li. 368 The function of the siphuncle is unknown, except in so far as it doubtless serves to maintain the vitality of the shell. 2. Entomology. A small siphon or suctorial organ; spec. = siphunculus n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > head > mouth-parts or trophi > proboscis nib1585 beak1658 promuscis1658 proboscisa1660 trunk1661 probe1664 trump1752 antlia1826 siphuncle1826 spiritrompe1831 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Aphis > abdominal tube secreting fluid siphonet1826 siphuncle1826 honey tube1841 nectary1890 siphunculus1939 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxxiii. 363 Replaced by an exarticulate retractile tube, which exerts a retractile siphuncle. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxxiv. 472 The siphuncle, which is the suctorious part, being first retracted within the tubulet. 1899 Cambr. Nat. Hist. VI. 589 Another highly peculiar structure [in aphids] is the siphons, frequently called nectaries, honey-tubes, or siphuncles. 1962 G. A. Tulloch J. R. de la Torre-Bueno's Gloss. Entomol. (rev. ed.) 268 Siphuncle, the cornicle of the aphids. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
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