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spongivorous

spongivorous adjective: that feeds on sponges.

Adjective

spongivorous (not comparable)

  1. That feeds on sponges
    • After both experiments, feeding assays with two spongivorous species were conducted.2015 July 9, “Prevalence and Mechanisms of Dynamic Chemical Defenses in Tropical Sponges”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about spongivorous

What does spongivorous mean?
Spongivorous means that feeds on sponges.
What part of speech is spongivorous?
Spongivorous is an adjective.

Words near spongivorous in the dictionary

  1. spongiousness
  2. spongistatin
  3. spongistatins
  4. spongivore
  5. spongivores
  6. spongivorous
  7. spongivory
  8. spongo-
  9. spongobiont
  10. spongobionts
  11. spongobiotic

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