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Coextensive with the subkingdom Parazoa sponges
Answer for the clue "Coextensive with the subkingdom Parazoa sponges ", 8 letters:
porifera
Word definitions for porifera in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Spongiae \Spon"gi*[ae]\ (sp[o^]n"j[i^]*[=e]), n. pl. [See Sponge .] (Zo["o]l.) The grand division of the animal kingdom which includes the sponges; -- called also Spongida , Spongiaria , Spongiozoa , and Porifera . Note: In the Spongi[ae], the soft sarcode ...
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 .
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Usage examples of porifera.
There were huge ground-covering collections of complicatedly branched porifera in shades of yellow, red, and orange.