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demosponges

demosponges is the plural of demosponge.

Meaning of demosponge

Noun

demosponge (plural demosponges)

  1. A sponge of the class Demospongiae, having skeletons made of spongin fibers.
    • We know that at least some living calcified demosponges grow extremely slowly (0.2 mm/year Willems and Hartman 1985) and, since individuals can grow up to 1 m in diameter, are also very old (up to 5000 years).1991, R. Wood, “Non-Spicular Biomineralization in Calcified Demosponges”, in Joachim Reitner, Helmut Keupp, editors, Fossil and Recent Sponges, Springer,, page 338

Questions about demosponges

What is demosponges the plural of?
Demosponges is the plural of demosponge.

Words near demosponges in the dictionary

  1. demoscopy
  2. demoses
  3. demosophy
  4. demosponge
  5. demospongean
  6. demosponges
  7. demospongian
  8. demospongians
  9. demosprudence
  10. demoss
  11. demossed

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