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siphon
English
- 🔊 a tubular organ in an aquatic animal (especially in mollusks) through which water can be taken in or expelled
- 🔊 a tube running from the liquid in a vessel to a lower level outside the vessel so that gravity forces the liquid through the tube
- 🔊 move a liquid from one container into another by means of a siphon or a siphoning action“siphon gas into the tank”
- 🔊 convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon
Spanish
- 🔊 sifón siphon
- 🔊 sifonar to siphon
- 🔊 sifonear to siphon
- 🔊 desviar to siphon, to siphon off (e.g. money, funds)