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sycones
<zoology> 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.

Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A fig.

Source: Websters Dictionary