English Explanatory Dictionary

calcarean

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any sponge, of the class Calcarea, that has a skeleton composed of calcium carbonate spicules.

Word forms

calcarean calcareans

Etymology

From translingual Calcarea + -an.

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