资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sycones \Sy*co"nes\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a fig.] (Zo["o]l.)
   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
         ampull[ae] connected with radial tubes in the thickened
         walls of the body.