Translation for 'Siphon' from English to Spanish

siphon

sifón {m}

• Many marine gastropods are burrowers, and have a siphon that extends out from the mantle edge.
• Another discharge mechanism, common in the United Kingdom, is a siphon (or syphon).
• The lowest point of the cave is at -1733 meters at the grand siphon in the gallery.
• Like other sea squirts, "Polycarpa pomaria" feeds by drawing water in through its buccal siphon, filtering out the planktonic particles and expelling the water through its atrial siphon.
• A two-component reflex is triggered when a weak or moderate stimulus is applied to the siphon or the mantle shelf.

• Cloacal siphon terminal, and oral siphon slightly ventral and posterior.
• The concentric siphon or annular siphon is a rarer embodiment of the siphon which has the discharge tube separate from the inlet tube, with the opening of the outlet within the inlet tube.
• The term "siphon" is used for a number of structures in human and animal anatomy, either because flowing liquids are involved or because the structure is shaped like a siphon, but in which no actual siphon effect is occurring: see Siphon (disambiguation).
• There is a [...] canal siphon at Sota/Jhyalla Khola and a [...] pipe siphon at Chainage.