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sycons

sycons is the plural of sycon.

Meaning of sycon

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

Questions about sycons

What is sycons the plural of?
Sycons is the plural of sycon.

Words near sycons in the dictionary

  1. sycon
  2. syconia
  3. syconial
  4. syconium
  5. syconoid
  6. sycons
  7. syconus
  8. sycophancies
  9. sycophancy
  10. sycophant
  11. sycophantcy

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