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sycon

sycon noun: any sponge of the genus Sycon.

sycon: any sponge of the genus Sycon
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Noun

sycon (plural sycons)

  1. Any sponge of the genus Sycon.
    • In the sycon, the sponge type of intermediate complexity, water enters the ostia through small radially arranged incurrent canals formed by folding of the body wall.2012, M. A. Brunt, J. E. Davies, The Cayman Islands: Natural History and Biogeography, page 131

Forms of sycon

pluralsycons

Origin of sycon

Borrowed from Translingual Sycon.

Questions about sycon

What does sycon mean?
Sycon means any sponge of the genus Sycon.
What part of speech is sycon?
Sycon is a noun.
What is the plural of sycon?
The plural of sycon is sycons.

Words near sycon in the dictionary

  1. sycomancy
  2. sycomore
  3. sycomore fig
  4. sycomore figs
  5. sycomores
  6. sycon
  7. syconia
  8. syconial
  9. syconium
  10. syconoid
  11. sycons

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