Home › Words › S › syconoidsyconoidsyconoid · noun — A member of the genus Sycon of sponges.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, syconoid ranks #14,650 of 42,862 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom translingual Sycon + -oid.nounA member of the genus Sycon of sponges.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.syconus 81% match — A syconium. vs syconoid →synocil 67% match — A sense organ found in certain sponges, consisting of several filaments, each arising from a single cell. vs syconoid →syconium 63% match — A collective fleshy fruit, in which the ovaries are hidden within a hollow receptacle, as in the fig; a hollow ball with a stalk at one end and an opening (ostiole) at the other, with flowers or fruits on the inside vs syconoid →asconoid 61% match — Having the form of a simple ascon vs syconoid →ectoproct 61% match — Synonym of bryozoan. vs syconoid →spongoid 60% match — Resembling sponge. vs syconoid →ectoproctan 59% match — Any member of the Ectoprocta. vs syconoid →demospongian 59% match — Relating to the demosponges. vs syconoid →