Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of Hyalospongiæ, referred to the family Hexactinellidæ, or made type of a family Euplectellidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl) A genus of elegant, glassy sponges, consisting of interwoven siliceous fibers, and growing in the form of a cornucopia; -- called also
Venus's flower-basket .
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- noun Any of the
genus Euplectella ofglassy sponges .
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- noun a genus of Hyalospongiae
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From the genus name.
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