Hyponome
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hyponome is a noun meaning (zoology) A tubular organ of a cephalopod, used to expel water.
Meaning
(zoology) A tubular organ of a cephalopod, used to expel water.
Example Sentences
Ordinarily, it swims forward, but the hyponome can give an emergency spritz, sending the hydrodynamic cone floating backwards at speed with a powerful jet through long thin streamers of brown seaweed and clouds of scattering shrimp.
Word Forms
- hyponomes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hydrosoma, hydroecium, siphonet, hyposphere, epimerite, hydrophore.
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