Definition of porifera Porifera
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What does porifera mean?
WordNet
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| porifera - coextensive with the subkingdom Parazoa: sponges | ||
| phylum Porifera | ||
| phylum (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes | ||
| parazoa, subkingdom parazoa multicellular organisms having less-specialized cells than in the Metazoa; comprises the single phylum Porifera | ||
| parazoan, poriferan, sponge primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies | ||
| sponge genus a genus of Porifera | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- porifera (n. pl.)
A grand division of the Invertebrata, including the sponges; -- called also Spongiae, Spongida, and Spongiozoa. The principal divisions are Calcispongiae, Keratosa or Fibrospongiae, and Silicea.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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porifera
pō-rif′e-ra, n.pl. sponges:—sing. Por′ifer.—adjs. Porif′eral, Porif′erous. [L. porus, a pore, ferre, to bear.]
