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Meaning of PORIFERAN

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
 
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 Synonyms: parazoan, sponge
 
 See Also: glass sponge, invertebrate, phylum Porifera, Porifera

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Po*rif"er*an\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Polifera.
 

 

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