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.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Any of the genus Euplectella of glassy sponges.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a genus of Hyalospongiae

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From the genus name.

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