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Si*phon"o*phore (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of the Siphonophora.

||Si`pho*nop"o*da (?), n. pl. [NL. See Siphon, and -poda.] (Zoöl.) A ||division of Scaphopoda including those in which the foot terminates ||in a circular disk.

||Si`pho*no*stom"a*ta (?), n. pl. [NL. See Siphon, and Stoma.] (Zoöl.) ||(a) A tribe of parasitic copepod Crustacea including a large number ||of species that are parasites of fishes, as the lerneans. They have a ||mouth adapted to suck blood. (b) An artificial division of gastropods ||including those that have siphonostomatous shells.

Si`pho*no*stom"a*tous (?), a. (Zoöl.) (a) Having the front edge of the aperture of the shell prolonged in the shape of a channel for the protection of the siphon; -- said of certain gastropods. (b) Pertaining to the Siphonostomata.

Si`pho*nos"tome (?), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?; a siphon + &?;&?;&?; mouth.] (Zoöl.) (a) Any parasitic entomostracan of the tribe Siphonostomata. (b) A siphonostomatous shell.

Si`pho*rhi"nal (?), a. [Siphon + rhinal.] (Zoöl.) Having tubular nostrils, as the petrels.

Si`pho*rhin"i*an (?), n. (Zoöl.) A siphorhinal bird.

Si"phun`cle (?), n. [L. siphunculus, sipunculus, dim. of sipho. See Siphon.] (Zoöl.) The tube which runs through the partitions of chambered cephalopod shells.

Si"phun`cled (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having a siphuncle; siphunculated.

Si*phun"cu*lar (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the siphuncle.

Si*phun"cu*la`ted (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having a siphuncle. Huxley.

Sip"id (?), a. [See Insipid, Sapid.] Having a taste or flavorl savory; sapid. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Sip"per (?), n. One whi sips.

Sip"pet (?), n. [See Sip, Sop.] A small sop; a small, thin piece of toasted bread soaked in milk, broth, or the like; a small piece of toasted or fried bread cut into some special shape and used for garnishing.

Your sweet sippets in widows' houses.

Milton.

Sip"ple (?), v. i. [Freq. of sip.] To sip often. [Obs. or Scot.]

Sip"pling (?), a. Sipping often. [Obs.] "Taken after a sippling sort." Holland.

||Si*pun`cu*la"ce*a (?), n. pl. [NL., from Sipunculus, the typical ||genus. See Siphuncle.] (Zoöl.) A suborder of Gephyrea, including ||those which have the body unarmed and the intestine opening ||anteriorly.

Si*pun"cu*loid (?), a. [NL. Sipunculus, the typical genus + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the Sipunculoidea. -- n. One of the Sipunculoidea.

||Si*pun`cu*loi"de*a (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) (a) Same as Gephyrea. ||(b) In a restricted sense, same as Sipunculacea.

||Si` quis" (?). [L., if any one (the first words of the notice in ||Latin).] (Ch. of Eng.) A notification by a candidate for orders of ||his intention to inquire whether any impediment may be alleged ||against him.

Sir (?), n. [OE. sire, F. sire, contr. from the nominative L. senior an elder, elderly person, compar. of senex,senis, an aged person; akin to Gr. &?;&?;&?; old, Skr. sana, Goth. sineigs old, sinista eldest, Ir. & Gael. sean old, W. hen. Cf. Seignior, Senate, Seneschal, Senior, Senor, Signor, Sire, Sirrah.] 1. A man of social authority and dignity; a lord; a master; a gentleman; -- in this sense usually spelled sire. [Obs.]

He was crowned lord and sire.

Gower.

In the election of a sir so rare.

Shak.

2. A title prefixed to the Christian name of a knight or a baronet.