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Webster 1913 Edition

Calcispongiae

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Calˊci-spon′gi-æ

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Noun.

pl.

[NL., fr. L.

calx

,

calcis

, lime +

spongia

a sponge.]

(Zool.)

An order of marine sponges, containing calcareous spicules. See

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