poriferan
English Thesaurus
1. primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | invertebrate, |
| definition | : | any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | glass sponge, |
| definition | : | a siliceous sponge (with glassy spicules) of the class Hyalospongiae (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | phylum porifera, porifera, |
| definition | : | coextensive with the subkingdom Parazoa: sponges (noun.animal) |
| derivation | : | sponge, |
| definition | : | gather sponges, in the ocean (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | spongelike, spongy, squashy, squishy, |
| definition | : | easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | sponge, |
| definition | : | gather sponges, in the ocean (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | spongelike, spongy, squashy, squishy, |
| definition | : | easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility (adj.all) |
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