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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12 May 2024

RECALL

(verb) summon to return; “The ambassador was recalled to his country”; “The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession”


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Coffee Trivia

In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

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