Sycones

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sycones \Sy*co"nes\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a fig.] (Zool.)
     A division of calcareous sponges.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: 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.
           [1913 Webster] Syconium