||Si*pho"ni*um (?), n.; pl.
Siphonia (#). [NL., from Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;, dim. of
&?;&?;&?;&?;. See Siphon.] (Anat.) A bony tube
which, in some birds, connects the tympanium with the air chambers of
the articular piece of the mandible.
||Si*pho"ni*um (?), n.; pl.
Siphonia (#). [NL., from Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;, dim. of
&?;&?;&?;&?;. See Siphon.] (Anat.) A bony tube
which, in some birds, connects the tympanium with the air chambers of
the articular piece of the mandible.