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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies;
[syn: sponge, poriferan, parazoan]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Poriferan \Po*rif"er*an\, n. (Zool.)
   One of the Polifera.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

poriferan
    n 1: primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is
         supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs
         in sessile colonies [syn: sponge, poriferan,
         parazoan]