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noun 
  1. a bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other, used to move liquid from one reservoir to another.
  2. a soda siphon
  3. (biology) a tubelike organ found in animals or elongated cell found in plants.
Translations: 
    verb 
    1. to use a siphon for moving a liquid.
    He used a rubber tube to siphon petrol from the car's fuel tank.
    Translations: 
      Etymology: From Greek (siphon) "pipe, tube"


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