The Collaborative International Dictionary
Asiphonea
Asiphonea \As`i*pho"ne*a\, ||Asiphonata \A*si`pho*na"ta\, ||Asiphonida \As`i*phon"i*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + ? a tube.] (Zo["o]l.) A group of bivalve mollusks destitute of siphons, as the oyster; the asiphonate mollusks. [1913 Webster] ||