porifera
English Thesaurus
1. coextensive with the subkingdom Parazoa: sponges (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | phylum, |
| definition | : | (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | parazoan, poriferan, sponge, |
| definition | : | primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | sponge genus, |
| definition | : | a genus of Porifera (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | class hyalospongiae, hyalospongiae, |
| definition | : | sponges with siliceous spicules that have six rays; choanocytes are restricted to finger-shaped chambers (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | parazoa, subkingdom parazoa, |
| definition | : | multicellular organisms having less-specialized cells than in the Metazoa; comprises the single phylum Porifera (noun.animal) |
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