leucon

American  

[loo-kon] / ˈlu kɒn /

noun

Zoology.

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

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Etymology

Origin of leucon

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

Example Sentences

They maintained close relations with Athens, their best customers for the Bosporan corn export, of which Leucon I. set the staple at Theodosia, where the Attic ships were allowed special privileges.

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Neon and nitrogen gas were being pumped under pressure into the outer shell, where a minute charge of leucon, the newly discovered element that helped to counteract gravitation, combined with them to provide the power that would lift the vessel above the regions of the stratosphere.

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"Neither do I. Set your course Moonward, and tell Mr. Benson to keep his eyes peeled." he Moon Colony, discovered in 1976, when Kramer, of Baltimore, first proved the practicability of mixing neon with the inert new gas, leucon, and so conquering gravitation, had proved to be just what it had been suspected of being—a desiccated, airless desolation.

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"Leucon, who is called the Grey Weaver, told me," she explained smiling.

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"Leucon is very wise and I am bound to obey him, but this is beyond his wisdom because he let himself grow old."

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