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Webster 1913 Edition


Glass-sponge

Glass′-spongeˊ

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
A siliceous sponge, of the genus
Hyalonema
, and allied genera; – so called from their glassy fibers or spicules; – called also
vitreous sponge
. See
Glass-rope
, and
Euplectella
.