Siamese

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Siamese (/ˌsaɪəˈmiz/), most commonly refers to:

• Someone or something from Thailand: see Siam (disambiguation)
  • The Thai language
  • The Thai people
• Siamese, an informal term for conjoined or fused, including with a two-cylinder motorcycle's exhaust pipes
  • Siamese twins, conjoined twins
  • The "Siamese Twins", Chang and Eng Bunker, the conjoined twin sideshow act from whom the term derives
  • Siamesing (engineering), the practice, whose name is derived from siamese twins, of combining two devices (such as cylinder ports or cooling jackets) together into a closely coupled pair, so as to save space between them.

Animals

• Siamese cat, a domestic cat breed
• Siamese crocodile, a species of crocodile
• Siamese mud carp, a species of freshwater fish in the carp family, Cyprinidae.
• Siamese algae eater, a species of freshwater fish in the carp family, Cyprinidae.
• Siamese fighting fish, a species of fish from genus Betta.
• Siamese fireback, a national bird of Thailand.
• Siamese tigerfish, a species of fish

See also

• All pages beginning with "Siamese"
• Thai (disambiguation)