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sycones

sycones


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sycones  \Sy*co"nes\,  n.  pl  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ?  a  fig.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  division  of  calcareous  sponges. 
 
  Note:  They  usually  resemble  a  fig,  being  vase-shaped  with  a 
  fringed  opening  at  the  summit.  The  feeding  cells  are  in 
  ampull[ae]  connected  with  radial  tubes  in  the  thickened 
  walls  of  the  body.