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Alcyonium :: Alcyonium (n.) A genus of fleshy Alcyonaria, its polyps somewhat resembling flowers with eight fringed rays. The term was also formerly used for certain species of sponges..

Cnidaria :: Cnidaria (n. pl.) A comprehensive group equivalent to the true Coelenterata, i. e., exclusive of the sponges. They are so named from presence of stinging cells (cnidae) in the tissues. See Coelenterata..

Spongoid :: Spongoblast (n.) One of the cells which, in sponges, secrete the spongin, or the material of the horny fibers..

Disponge :: Disponge (v. t.) To sprinkle, as with water from a sponge..

Tent :: Tent (n.) A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges..

Spongin :: Spongilla (n.) A genus of siliceous spongea found in fresh water.

Hexactinelline :: Hexactinelline (a.) Belonging to the Hexactinellinae, a group of sponges, having six-rayed siliceous spicules..

Lithophagous :: Lithophagous (a.) Eating or destroying stone; -- applied to various animals which make burrows in stone, as many bivalve mollusks, certain sponges, annelids, and sea urchins. See Lithodomus..

Spongy :: Spongy (a.) Wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like sponge; rainy..

Receipt :: Receipt (n.) A formulary according to the directions of which things are to be taken or combined; a recipe; as, a receipt for making sponge cake..

Ventriculite :: Ventriculite (n.) Any one of numerous species of siliceous fossil sponges belonging to Ventriculites and allied genera, characteristic of the Cretaceous period..

Malkin :: Malkin (n.) A mop or sponge attached to a jointed staff for swabbing out a cannon.

Spongiolite :: Spongiole (n.) A supposed spongelike expansion of the tip of a rootlet for absorbing water; -- called also spongelet.

Soak :: Soak (v. t.) To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture..

Smell-feast :: Smell-feast (n.) One who is apt to find and frequent good tables; a parasite; a sponger.

Suberone :: Suberite (n.) Any sponge of the genus Suberites and allied genera. These sponges have a fine and compact texture, and contain minute siliceous spicules..

Anchor :: Anchor (n.) One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta..

Sexradiate :: Sexradiate (a.) Having six rays; -- said of certain sponge spicules. See Illust. of Spicule.

Ventriculus :: Ventriculus (n.) The body cavity of a sponge.

Sponging :: Sponged (imp. & p. p.) of Spong.

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