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barrel sponges

barrel sponges is the plural of barrel sponge.

Meaning of barrel sponge

Noun

barrel sponge (plural barrel sponges)

  1. A sponge of the genus Xestospongia, especially Xestospongia testudinaria.
    • In making use of something as simple as a difference in water speed, barrel sponges are exploiting energy from currents and tides that ultimately derive from the gravitational pull exerted by the Moon and Sun.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 29

Questions about barrel sponges

What is barrel sponges the plural of?
Barrel sponges is the plural of barrel sponge.

Words near barrel sponges in the dictionary

  1. barrel shifters
  2. barrel shroud
  3. barrel shrouds
  4. barrel sling
  5. barrel sponge
  6. barrel sponges
  7. barrel vault
  8. barrel vaults
  9. barrel-bellied
  10. barrel-chested
  11. barrel-head

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