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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SIPHONATA

Si `pho *na "ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A tribe of bivalve mollusks in which the posterior mantle border is prolonged into two tubes or siphons. Called also Siphoniata. See Siphon, 2 (a ), and Quahaug.