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Siphuncle vs Siphuncule - What's the difference?

siphuncle | siphuncule |

As nouns the difference between siphuncle and siphuncule

is that siphuncle is a strand of tissue passing longitudinally through the shell of a cephalopod mollusk, used primarily in emptying water from new chambers as the shell grows while siphuncule is a tube that connects adjacent chambers in the shells of some cephalopods.

siphuncle

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia siphuncle)
  • A strand of tissue passing longitudinally through the shell of a cephalopod mollusk, used primarily in emptying water from new chambers as the shell grows.

    • siphuncule

    English

    Alternative forms

    * siphunculus

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tube that connects adjacent chambers in the shells of some cephalopods