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Definition of Poriferans
1. poriferan [n] - See also: poriferan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poriferans
Literary usage of Poriferans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1898)
"In zoology they begin with a study of the microscopic protozoans and proceed up
the evolutionary scale through poriferans, coelenterates, ..."
2. Forms of Animal Life: A Manual of Comparative Anatomy : with Descriptions of by George Rolleston, William Hatchett Jackson (1888)
"Such simple forms are few, and the external shapes assumed by poriferans are very
numerous and may differ at various stages of growth. ..."