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Coextensive with the subkingdom Parazoa sponges
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porifera
Word definitions for porifera in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1843, Modern Latin, literally "bearing pores," neuter plural of porifer , from Latin porus "pore, opening" (see pore (n.)) + -fer "bearing" (see infer ). Related: Poriferal ; poriferous .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Porifera \Po*rif"e*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. porus pore + ferre to bear.] (Zo["o]l.) A grand division of the Invertebrata, including the sponges; -- called also Spongi[ae] , Spongida , and Spongiozoa . The principal divisions are Calcispongi[ae], Keratosa ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
redirect Sponge
Usage examples of porifera.
There were huge ground-covering collections of complicatedly branched porifera in shades of yellow, red, and orange.