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Webster 1913 Edition
Sycones
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Sy-co′nes
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] a fig.]
(Zool.)
A division of calcareous sponges.
☞ They usually resemble a fig, being vase-shaped with a fringed opening at the summit. The feeding cells are in ampullae connected with radial tubes in the thickened walls of the body.