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GLASS SPONGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A siliceous sponge (with glassy spicules) of the class Hyalospongiae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("glass sponge" is a kind of...):
parazoan; poriferan; sponge (primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "glass sponge"):
Venus's flower basket (a deep-water marine sponge having a cylindrical skeleton of intricate glassy latticework; found in the waters of the East Indies and the eastern coast of Asia)
Holonyms ("glass sponge" is a member of...):
class Hyalospongiae; Hyalospongiae (sponges with siliceous spicules that have six rays; choanocytes are restricted to finger-shaped chambers)
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