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Webster 1913 Edition
Keratosa
‖
Kerˊa-to′sa
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
κέρας
, -ατος
, a horn.] (Zool.)
An order of sponges having a skeleton composed of hornlike fibers. It includes the commercial sponges.
Definition 2024
Keratosa
Keratosa
Translingual
Proper noun
Keratosa
- A taxonomic subclass within the phylum Porifera – the sponges, consisting of sponges having a skeleton composed of hornlike fibers, recently proposed to include two orders formerly in the polyphyletic subclass Ceractinomorpha. [from 2015]
Hypernyms
- (subclass): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Porifera - phylum; Demospongiae - class
Hyponyms
- (subclass): Dendroceratida, Dictyoceratida - orders