SPONGIN

Meaning of SPONGIN in English

Pronunciation: ' sp ə n-j ə n

Function: noun

Etymology: German, from Latin spongia sponge

Date: circa 1868

: a scleroprotein that is the chief constituent of flexible fibers found in certain sponge skeletons

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SPONGIN — noun Etymology: German, from Latin spongia sponge Date: circa 1868 a scleroprotein that is the chief constituent of flexible fibers …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SPONGIN — ˈspənjə̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: German, from Latin spongia sponge + German -in : a scleroprotein constituting the chief …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPONGIN — (n.) The chemical basis of sponge tissue, a nitrogenous, hornlike substance which on decomposition with sulphuric acid yields leucin and …
Английский словарь Webster
SPONGIN — ( n. ) The chemical basis of sponge tissue, a nitrogenous, hornlike substance which on decomposition with sulphuric acid yields …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPONGIN — /spun"jin/ , n. a scleroprotein occurring in the form of fibers that form the skeleton of certain sponges. [ 1865-70; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SPONGIN — n. fibrous scleroprotein which forms the skeleton of certain sponges
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SPONGIN — noun Etymology: German, from Latin spongia sponge Date: circa 1868 : a scleroprotein that is the chief constituent of flexible …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPONGIN — noun the chemical basis of sponge tissue, a nitrogenous, hornlike substance which on decomposition with sulphuric acid yields leucin and …
Webster English vocab
SPONGIN — [spon.gin] n [G, fr. L spongia sponge] (ca. 1868): a scleroprotein that is the chief constituent of flexible fibers in …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SPONGIN — спонгин (биология) спонгин
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SPONGIN — n биол. спонгин
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SPONGIN — спонгин
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SPONGIN — (n) спонгин
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SPONGIN — n биол. спонгин
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SPONGIN — n биол. спонгин
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SPONGIN — спонгин (биология) спонгин
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SPONGE
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SPONGE — Any of some 5,000 species (phylum Porifera) of permanently affixed (sessile), mostly marine, solitary or colonial invertebrates , found from …
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SPONGE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SUBERITES — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈrīd.(ˌ)ēz noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin suber cork oak, cork + New Latin -ites : a genus …
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SPONGOBLAST — ˈspäŋgōˌblast noun Etymology: spongo- + -blast : a cell that produces spongin • spon·go·blas·tic | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|blastik adjective
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SPONGIIDAE — spənˈjīəˌdē, spän- noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Spongia, type genus + -idae : a family of horny …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MONAXONIDA — ˌ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ˈsänədə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from mon- + Greek axōn axis + New Latin -ida in some …
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KERATOSA — ˌkerəˈtōsə, -ōzə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from kerat- + Latin -osa (neuter plural of -osus -ous) : …
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HORNY SPONGE — noun : a sponge lacking spicules but having a spongin skeleton that is more or less horny
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DEMOSPONGIAE — -jēˌē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, alteration of Desmospongiae : a large class of Porifera comprising the majority …
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BATH SPONGE — noun 1. : a sponge used in or for bathing 2. : any of several fairly large sponges (family Spongidae) …
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AUTOSKELETON — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) Etymology: aut- + skeleton : an internal skeleton ; specifically : the endoskeleton of sponges …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPONGOBLAST — (n.) One of the cells which, in sponges, secrete the spongin, or the material of the horny fibers.
Английский словарь Webster
SPONGOBLAST — ( n. ) One of the cells which, in sponges, secrete the spongin, or the material of the horny fibers.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BATH SPONGE — any of various common sponges, of the family Spongiidae, that have a skeletal network composed of fibers of spongin: collected …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HORNY SPONGE — any sponge of the orders Dictyoceratida and Dendroceratida (class Demospongiae). It has a skeleton consisting exclusively of fibrous organic components. …
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