||Sy*co"nes (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a fig.] (Zoöl.) A division of calcareous sponges.

&fist; 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.

||Sy*co"nes (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a fig.] (Zoöl.) A division of calcareous sponges.

&fist; 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.