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Any organism of the class Hexactinellida of sponges, which has a skeleton made of four-pointed or six-pointed siliceous spicules.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1996, Carroll Lane Fenton, Pat Vickers Rich, Mildred Adams Fenton, Thomas H. V. Rich, The Fossil Book: A Record of Prehistoric Life, Revised Edition 1989, New Corrections 1996, page 114, Glass sponges are rare in the Ordovician and Silurian but are preserved in enormous numbers in Late Devonian formations of western New York.
Meaning relationships
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a siliceous sponge (with glassy spicules) of the class Hyalospongiae
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sponge, poriferan, parazoan
Narrower terms: Venus's flower basket
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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French:
éponge hyaline
— sponge of class Hexactinellida
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French:
éponge de verre
— sponge of class Hexactinellida
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French:
éponge siliceuse
— sponge of class Hexactinellida
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French:
éponge hexactinellide
— sponge of class Hexactinellida
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German:
Glasschwamm
— sponge of class Hexactinellida
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Hungarian:
üvegszivacs
— sponge of class Hexactinellida
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Polish:
gąbka szklana
— sponge of class Hexactinellida
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Spanish:
esponja vítrea
— sponge of class Hexactinellida
