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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
.