SPONGIN


Meaning of SPONGIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈspən-jən ]

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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