• (n. pl.) The grand division of the animal kingdom which includes the sponges; -- called also Spongida, Spongiaria, Spongiozoa, and Porifera.
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<zoology> The grand division of the animal kingdom which includes the sponges. ... Synonym: Spongida, Spongiaria, Spongiozoa, and Porifera. ... In the Spongiae, the soft sarcode of the body is usually supported by a skeleton consisting of horny fibres, or of silleceous or calcareous spicules. The common sponges contain larger and smaller cavi...
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