PARAZOAN

sponge, poriferan, parazoan

(noun) primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

parazoan (plural parazoans)

(zoology) Any sponge (of the subkingdom Parazoa)

Anagrams

• Zaparoan

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

19 April 2025

CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


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