ˈsiphonet Ent.
[f. siphon n. + -et1.]
A small siphon or tube by which an aphis emits a sweet, honey-like fluid; a honey-tube. Now rare or Obs., siphunculus (q.v., sense 2) or more commonly cornicle being used instead.
| 1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. xxxiii. 393 Siphonuli (the Siphonets). Ibid. IV. xl. 120 The Aphides all secrete a fluid excrement.., which is ejected not only at the anal passage, but, in many, by two little siphonets also above it. |