HyperDic: glass_sponge

English > 1 sense of the expression glass sponge:
NOUNanimalglass spongea siliceous sponge (with glassy spicules) of the class Hyalospongiae
English > glass sponge: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningA siliceous sponge (with glassy spicules) of the class Hyalospongiae.
Member ofHyalospongiae, class Hyalospongiaesponges with siliceous spicules that have six rays
NarrowerVenus's flower basketA deep-water marine sponge having a cylindrical skeleton of intricate glassy latticework
Broadersponge, poriferan, parazoanPrimitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework
Spanishesponja vítrea

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