# siphuncule

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A tube that connects adjacent chambers in the shells of some cephalopods.

## Etymology
From Latin sīphunculus (“little tube”), from sīphō (“tube, pipe”) + -culus (diminutive suffix), from Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn), of uncertain and possibly non-Indo-European Mediterranean substrate origin.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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