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zimocca

/zɪˈmɒkə/

zimocca noun: the marine sponge Spongia zimocca.

Noun

zimocca (plural zimoccas)

  1. The marine sponge Spongia zimocca.
    • We are shown the fine Turkey-cup or Levantine sponges, the African Zimoccas, the West-Indian grass-sponges and wire-sponges, the great elephants' ears from the Philippines, and many more […]1928, Sir James Hopwood Jeans, The physics of the universe
    • All types of Mediterranean sponges are found off the coast of Libya, but zimoccas and honeycombs are more common, especially on the Tripoli grounds.1948, World Trade in Sponges

Forms of zimocca

pluralzimoccas

Questions about zimocca

What does zimocca mean?
Zimocca means the marine sponge Spongia zimocca.
What part of speech is zimocca?
Zimocca is a noun.
How do you pronounce zimocca?
Zimocca is pronounced /zɪˈmɒkə/.
What is the plural of zimocca?
The plural of zimocca is zimoccas.

Words near zimocca in the dictionary

  1. zimmes
  2. zimmi
  3. zimmis
  4. Zimny
  5. Zimnys
  6. zimocca
  7. zimoccas
  8. zimographic
  9. zimography
  10. zimome
  11. zimrah

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