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Spongiopilin :: Spongiolite (n.) One of the microsporic siliceous spicules which occur abundantly in the texture of sponges, and are sometimes found fossil, as in flints..

Malkin :: Malkin (n.) A mop or sponge attached to a jointed staff for swabbing out a cannon.

Amorphozoa :: Amorphozoa (n. pl.) Animals without a mouth or regular internal organs, as the sponges..

Suberone :: Suberite (n.) Any sponge of the genus Suberites and allied genera. These sponges have a fine and compact texture, and contain minute siliceous spicules..

Spongelet :: Sponge (v. i.) To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast, or leaven..

Wet :: Wet (v. t.) To fill or moisten with water or other liquid; to sprinkle; to cause to have water or other fluid adherent to the surface; to dip or soak in a liquid; as, to wet a sponge; to wet the hands; to wet cloth..

Amphidisc :: Amphidisc (n.) A peculiar small siliceous spicule having a denticulated wheel at each end; -- found in freshwater sponges.

Cnidaria :: Cnidaria (n. pl.) A comprehensive group equivalent to the true Coelenterata, i. e., exclusive of the sponges. They are so named from presence of stinging cells (cnidae) in the tissues. See Coelenterata..

Sponk :: Spongy (a.) Having the quality of imbibing fluids, like a sponge..

Oscule :: Oscule (n.) One of the excurrent apertures of sponges.

Swab :: Swab (n.) A bit of sponge, cloth, or the like, fastened to a handle, for cleansing the mouth of a sick person, applying medicaments to deep-seated parts, etc..

Foment :: Foment (v. t.) To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge wet with warm water or medicated liquid.

Fibrospongiae :: Fibrospongiae (n. pl.) An order of sponges having a fibrous skeleton, including the commercial sponges..

Spongiae :: Sponger (n.) Fig.: A parasitical dependent; a hanger-on.

Sponge :: Sponge (n.) Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked..

Imbibe :: Imbibe (v. t.) To drink in; to absorb; to suck or take in; to receive as by drinking; as, a person imbibes drink, or a sponge imbibes moisture..

Hyalonema :: Hyalonema (n.) A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem composed of very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres twisted together like the strands of a color. The stem of the Japanese species (H. Sieboldii), called glass-rope, has long been in use as an ornament. See Glass-rope..

Spicule :: Spicule (n.) Any small calcareous or siliceous body found in the tissues of various invertebrate animals, especially in sponges and in most Alcyonaria..

Bummer :: Bummer (n.) An idle, worthless fellow, who is without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger..

Glass-rope :: Glass-rope (n.) A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long and large, glassy, siliceous fibers, twisted together..

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