- hippiospongia
- hip·pio·spongia
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hippiospongia
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hippiospongia — |hipē(ˌ)ō+ noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, alteration of Hippospongia : a genus of sponges (family Spongiidae) containing numerous important commercial sponges … Useful english dictionary
wool sponge — noun : a soft fibered durable commercial sponge; especially : a sponge (Hippiospongia lachne) occurring in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean sea, and off the southeastern coast of Florida * * * a commercial sponge, Hippiospongia lachne, of… … Useful english dictionary
wool sponge — a commercial sponge, Hippiospongia lachne, of Florida and the West Indies, the surface of which resembles the fleece of a sheep. Also called sheepswool sponge. [1875 80, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
horse sponge — noun : a sponge of the genus Hippiospongia * * * horse sponge, any one of several large, coarse sponges, some of important commercial value, found in the warm waters off Florida and the West Indies, such as the sheepswool, or the honeycomb, found … Useful english dictionary
velvet sponge — noun : a fine soft commercial sponge (Hippiospongia equina meandriformis) typically of flat rounded form occurring in the Gulf of Mexico and off the West Indies * * * velvet sponge, a horse sponge found off the coasts of Cuba, Honduras, and the… … Useful english dictionary
