"siphuncule" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: siphuncules [plural], siphunculus [alternative]
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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|sīphunculus||little tube}} Latin sīphunculus (“little tube”), {{lg|diminutive}} diminutive, {{der|en|grc|σίφων}} Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn), {{der|en|qfa-sub|-}} substrate Head templates: {{en-noun}} siphuncule (plural siphuncules)
  1. (zoology) A tube that connects adjacent chambers in the shells of some cephalopods.

Noun [Latin]

IPA: [siːˈpʰʊŋ.kʊ.ɫɛ] [Classical-Latin], [siˈfuŋ.ku.le] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: sīphuncule [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|noun form|head=sīphuncule}} sīphuncule
  1. vocative singular of sīphunculus Tags: form-of, singular, vocative Form of: sīphunculus
    Sense id: en-siphuncule-la-noun-iJbonIOn Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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