Definition of Porifer

1. a sponge [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Porifer

porer
porers
pores
porewater
porewaters
porfimer sodium
porge
porged
porges
porgie
porgies
porging
porgy
porier
poriest
porifer (current term)
poriferal
poriferan
poriferans
poriferologist
poriferologists
poriferology
poriferous
porifers
poriform
porime
porimes
porin
poriness
poring

Literary usage of Porifer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (Melbourne, Vic.), Royal Society of Victoria (1892)
"... as follows :—" Sponge forming a colony of Sycon individuals completely fused together into a single mass invested in a common cortex. * " porifer.i ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1888)
"Era, May 1888, 172-174. B. ANIMAL DRUGS. porifer/K. Turkey Sponge—Collection, etc.—US Consul Bissinger, in " Consular Reports,"»communicates some ..."

3. North American Geology and Palæontology for the Use of Amateurs, Students by Samuel Almond Miller (1889)
"summit, there are three circular pits, which do not seem to have been of any economical use; en- tire surface porifer- Fi<¡. 385. ..."

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