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HYALOSPONGIAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Sponges with siliceous spicules that have six rays; choanocytes are restricted to finger-shaped chambers

Synonyms:

class Hyalospongiae; Hyalospongiae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Hyalospongiae" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "Hyalospongiae"):

glass sponge (a siliceous sponge (with glassy spicules) of the class Hyalospongiae)

Euplectella; genus Euplectella (a genus of Hyalospongiae)

Holonyms ("Hyalospongiae" is a member of...):

phylum Porifera; Porifera (coextensive with the subkingdom Parazoa: sponges)

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