Meaning

1 senses

  1. Any sponge (of the subkingdom Parazoa)

More definitions
  • primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies

Translations

2 languages

Origin

Parazoa + -an

Parazoa + -an

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Forms

plural: parazoans
Singularparazoan
Pluralparazoans

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies:spongeporiferan

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
parasitismparasolparatrooperB2parcelB1parch
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