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Definitions of sponge:
  • noun:   primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
  • noun:   a porous mass of interlacing fibers the forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
  • noun:   someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily
    Example: "She soaks up foreign languages like a sponge"
  • noun:   a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
  • verb:   gather sponges, in the ocean
  • verb:   wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten
  • verb:   soak up with a sponge
  • verb:   erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard
  • verb:   ask for and get free; be a parasite



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pinacoderm spongocoel sclerocyte osculum ediacaran infraclass eukaryote animal-def-leppard-song robert-edmond-grant robert-todd class-biology calcareous-sponge hexactinellid demosponge latin phylum sessile ocean filter-feeder body-plan parazoa-2 muscle nerve organ choanoflagellate microorganism multicellular intertidal-zone metre foot-unit-of-length fossil neoproterozoic choanocyte digestive-system protist microvillus flagellum-2 porocytes mesohyl totipotency calcareous spongin collagen spicule calcium-carbonate silicon-dioxide antipredator-adaptation matrix-biology asconoid circulatory-system diffusion metabolic-waste respiratory-system excretion vacuole archaeocyte sclerosponge archaeocyatha paraphyly phylogenetics silicarea boredencrustedshell-jpg devonian new-york europe jurassic limestone cretaceous chalk-formation england france faringdon oxfordshire cambrian vauxia bioerosion ordovician spongestarponsprings-jpg sexual-reproduction asexual-reproduction budding hermaphrodite ovum sperm3 bottlenose-dolphin shark-bay rostrum-anatomy seabed marine-mammal sea-otter sponge-tool maceration-bone calcium mediterranean-sea caribbean rubber plastic cellulose fishing luffa