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Webster 1913 Edition


Ceratospongiae


Cerˊa-to-spon′gi-æ

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rop.
Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
κέρας
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κέρατοσ
horn + [GREEK] sponge.]
(Zool.)
An order of sponges in which the skeleton consists of horny fibers. It includes all the commercial sponges.