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Word: Ascon
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century: modern Latin (genus name), from Greek askos ‘bag’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈaskɒn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a sponge of a grade of structure of the simplest type, in the form of a tube or bag lined with choanocytes.
Short Definition:sponge of simplest type
