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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.