siphon

noun

A tube that carries a liquid from a higher level up and over a barrier and then down to a lower level, with the flow maintained by gravity and atmospheric pressure as long as the tube remains filled.

noun

A tubular organ, especially of aquatic invertebrates such as squids or clams, by which water is taken in or expelled.

intransitive verb

To draw off or convey (a liquid) through a siphon.

intransitive verb

To take or transfer (something), often illicitly.

intransitive verb

To pass through a siphon.

To convey, as water, by means of a siphon; transmit or remove by a siphon.

To pass or be conducted through a siphon.

noun

A tubular anal organ of the aquatic bugs of the family Nepidæ, probably respiratory in function.

noun

In siphonophorans, a feeding zoöid or hydranth.

noun

A bent pipe or tube with legs of unequal length, used for drawing liquid out of a vessel by causing it to rise in the tube over the rim or top.