Hypertext Webster Gateway: "poriferan"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Poriferan \Po*rif"er*an\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Polifera.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
poriferan
n : primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is
supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs
in sessile colonies [syn: {sponge}, {parazoan}]
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