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Noun: glass sponge
  1. A siliceous sponge (with glassy spicules) of the class Hyalospongiae
    "The Venus flower basket is a well-known glass sponge"

Derived forms: glass sponges

Type of: parazoan, poriferan, sponge

Part of: class Hyalospongiae, Hyalospongiae

Encyclopedia: Glass sponge