leucon

[loo-kon]

noun Zoology.

a type of sponge having a thick body wall with a highly branched canal system leading into the spongocoel.

Compare ascon, sycon.

Origin of leucon

< New Latin < Greek leukón, noun use of neuter of leukós white

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The house and trees and machine were ready for Leucon and my parents and me.
Pygmalion's Spectacles
Stanley Grauman Weinbaum
"Leucon, who is called the Grey Weaver, told me," she explained smiling.
Pygmalion's Spectacles
Stanley Grauman Weinbaum
"This is Leucon," she said, as the ancient rose from his seat and spoke in English.
Pygmalion's Spectacles
Stanley Grauman Weinbaum
It was reserved for his son Leucon (387-347) to take this city.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3
Various
Then they went to the house of Leucon and at a banquet that night told all their adventures.
Essays on the Greek Romances
Elizabeth Hazelton Haight