English Explanatory Dictionary

glass sponge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any organism of the class Hexactinellida of sponges, which has a skeleton made of four-pointed or six-pointed siliceous spicules.

Word forms

glass sponge glass sponges

Synonyms

hexactinellid hexactinellid sponge

Related words

demosponge Demospongiae

Derived words

glass sponge shrimp

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