Definition of Sycetta
:a genus (the type of the family Sycettidae) of primitive sycon sponges with the flagellated chambers opening directly into the paragaster
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Sycetta
noun
Sy·cet·ta
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sə̇ˈsetə
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Origin and Etymology of sycetta
New Latin, from Sycon + Italian -etta, diminutive suffix (from Late Latin -ita, feminine of -itus)
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