EUPLECTELLA

Meaning of EUPLECTELLA in English

noun a genus of elegant, glassy sponges, consisting of interwoven siliceous fibers, and growing in the form of a cornucopia;

called also venus's flower-basket.

Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

EUPLECTELLA — ˌyüˌplekˈtelə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek euplektos well plaited (from eu- + plektos plaited, from plekein to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EUPLECTELLA — (n.) A genus of elegant, glassy sponges, consisting of interwoven siliceous fibers, and growing in the form of a cornucopia; …
Английский словарь Webster
EUPLECTELLA — ( n. ) A genus of elegant, glassy sponges, consisting of interwoven siliceous fibers, and growing in the form of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EUPLECTELLA ASPERGILLUM — Venus's flower-basket
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
VENUS'S FLOWER-BASKET — noun Date: 1872 any of several glass sponges (genus Euplectella ) of the western Pacific and Indian oceans
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
VENUS'S-FLOWER-BASKET — noun ( plural venus's-flower-baskets ) Usage: usually capitalized V : a delicate tubular or cornucopia-shaped hexactinellid sponge (genus Euplectella ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GLASS-SPONGE — (n.) A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera; -- so called from their glassy fibers or spicules; …
Английский словарь Webster
GLASS-SPONGE — ( n. ) A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera; -- so called from their glassy fibers …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VENUS'S FLOWER BASKET — a glass sponge of the genus Euplectella, inhabiting deep waters off the Philippines and Japan, having a cylindrical skeleton formed …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VENUS'S FLOWER-BASKET — noun Date: 1872 : any of several glass sponges (genus Euplectella ) of the western Pacific and Indian oceans — …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GLASS-SPONGE — noun a siliceous sponge, of the genus hyalonema, and allied genera; so called from their glassy fibers or spicules; …
Webster English vocab
VENUS'S-FLOWER-BASKET — [Ve.nus's-flow.er-bas.ket] n (1872): any of several glass sponges (genus Euplectella) of the western Pacific and Indian oceans--called also Venus flower …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SILICEOUS SPONGE — any sponge in which the main skeletal component is silica as opposed to calcium carbonate or fibrous organic materials only. …
Britannica English vocabulary
VENUS'S FLOWER BASKET — any of several sponges of the genus Euplectella, especially E. aspergillum (class Hyalospongiae, glass sponges). The name Venus's flower basket …
Britannica English vocabulary
BISHOP — орнит. бархатный ткач (Euplectella)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
BISHOP — орнит. бархатный ткач ( Euplectella )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
БАРХАТНЫЙ ТКАЧ — 1) (Euplectes) bishop bird 2) орнит. (Euplectella) bishop
Новый Русско-Английский биологический словарь

Webster English vocab

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