Infundibulum

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1. Noun

A funnel-shaped or dilated organ or part; as, the infundibulum of the brain, a hollow, conical process, connecting the floor of the third ventricle with the pituitary body; the infundibula of the lungs, the enlarged terminations of the bronchial tubes.

2. Noun

A central cavity in the Ctenophora, into which the gastric sac leads.

3. Noun

The siphon of Cephalopoda. See Cephalopoda.
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