GLASS SPONGE

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Meaning:

A siliceous sponge (with glassy spicules) of the class Hyalospongiae

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Nouns denoting animals

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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