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Meanings of poriferan in English

Portuguese
espongiários
Catalan
esponja
Spanish
porifera

Primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies.

        espongiários

        A phylum of the animal kingdom characterized by the presence of canal systems and chambers through which water is drawn in and released; tissues and organs are absent.

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              Examples for "sponges"
              Examples for "sponges"
              1
              Sand of this kind is contained in considerable quantities in Turkey sponges.
              John Thorndyke's Cases / related by Christopher Jervis and edite...
              2
              Who knew sponges have an expiry date after you start using them?
              The South African
              3
              Dripping with water from the sponges, Miller looked down at his lap.
              News.com.au
              4
              The sponges were oddities hard to recognize as the tender toilet article.
              Mystic Isles of the South Seas.
              5
              Host-specific bacterial associations spanning large geographic distance are widely acknowledged in sponges.
              Pubmed
              Translations for poriferan
              Spanish
              porifera