VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / sycones

Thesaurus: sycones

A division of calcareous sponges.

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

calcareousdefinitiondivisiondefinitionspongesdefinitionbodydefinitioncellsdefinitionconnecteddefinitionfeedingdefinitionfigdefinitionfringeddefinitionnotedefinitionopeningdefinitionradialdefinitionresembledefinitionsummitdefinitiontheydefinitionthickeneddefinitiontubesdefinitionvase-shapeddefinitionwallsdefinitionsyconiumfamilysyconusfamilysycamoreneighborsycamore figneighborsycamoresneighborsyceneighborsyceeneighborsychnocarpousneighborsyciteneighbor

Definitions

  1. n. pl. A division of calcareous sponges.
  2. 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 ampullæ connected with radial tubes in the thickened walls of the body.