siphonate, a. and n. Zool.
(ˈsaɪfənət)
[f. siphon n. + -ate2 2.]
A. adj. Of molluscs: Furnished with, or characterized by having, a siphon.
| 1870 Rolleston Anim. Life 61 Representing the inhalant siphon of the siphonate orders. 1883 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 686/2 In this way the notches..are in the Siphonate forms converted into two separate holes. |
B. n. A mollusc furnished with a siphon.
| 1877 Le Conte Elem. Geol. (1879) 304 Lamellibranchs are divided into siphonates and Asiphonates, i.e. those with and those without breathing siphons behind. The Siphonates are the higher. Ibid., At present the Siphonates are the more abundant. |