siphon
nounA 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.
nounA tubular organ, especially of aquatic invertebrates such as squids or clams, by which water is taken in or expelled.
intransitive verbTo draw off or convey (a liquid) through a siphon.
intransitive verbTo take or transfer (something), often illicitly.
intransitive verbTo 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.
nounA tubular anal organ of the aquatic bugs of the family Nepidæ, probably respiratory in function.
nounIn siphonophorans, a feeding zoöid or hydranth.
nounA 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.
