- genus Euplectella
- nouna genus of Hyalospongiae• Syn: ↑Euplectella• Hypernyms: ↑sponge genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Hyalospongiae, ↑class Hyalospongiae• Member Meronyms: ↑Venus's flower basket
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genus Euplectella
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Euplectella — noun a genus of Hyalospongiae • Syn: ↑genus Euplectella • Hypernyms: ↑sponge genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Hyalospongiae, ↑class Hyalospongiae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Euplectella — Eu plec*tel la, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? well plaited; e y^ well + ? plaited.] (Zo[ o]l) A genus of elegant, glassy sponges, consisting of interwoven siliceous fibers, and growing in the form of a cornucopia; called also {Venus s flower basket}. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Euplectella speciosa — Venus Ve nus, n. [L. Venus, eris, the goddess of love, the planet Venus.] 1. (Class. Myth.) The goddess of beauty and love, that is, beauty or love deified. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) One of the planets, the second in order from the sun, its orbit … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sponge genus — noun a genus of Porifera • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Euplectella, ↑genus Euplectella • Member Holonyms: ↑Porifera, ↑phylum Porifera … Useful english dictionary
Venus's flower basket — a glass sponge of the genus Euplectella, inhabiting deep waters off the Philippines and Japan, having a cylindrical skeleton formed of an intricate latticework of siliceous spicules. [1870 75] * * * ▪ sponge any of several sponges of the… … Universalium
Venus' Flower Basket — Taxobox name = Venus Flower Basket image width = 200px regnum = Animalia phylum = Porifera classis = Hexactenellida familia = Euplectellidae genus = Euplectella species = E. aspergillum binomial = Euplectella aspergillum binomial authority = Owen … Wikipedia
class Hyalospongiae — noun sponges with siliceous spicules that have six rays; choanocytes are restricted to finger shaped chambers • Syn: ↑Hyalospongiae • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Porifera, ↑phylum Porifera • … Useful english dictionary
Hyalospongiae — noun sponges with siliceous spicules that have six rays; choanocytes are restricted to finger shaped chambers • Syn: ↑class Hyalospongiae • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Porifera, ↑phylum Porifera … Useful english dictionary
Venus's flower basket — noun a deep water marine sponge having a cylindrical skeleton of intricate glassy latticework; found in the waters of the East Indies and the eastern coast of Asia • Hypernyms: ↑glass sponge • Member Holonyms: ↑Euplectella, ↑genus Euplectella … Useful english dictionary
Venus's flower-basket — noun Date: 1872 any of several glass sponges (genus Euplectella) of the western Pacific and Indian oceans called also Venus flower basket … New Collegiate Dictionary
