glass sponge

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1. a siliceous sponge (with glassy spicules) of the class Hyalospongiae (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	parazoan, poriferan, sponge,
definition	:	primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	venus's flower basket,
definition	:	a deep-water marine sponge having a cylindrical skeleton of intricate glassy latticework; found in the waters of the East Indies and the eastern coast of Asia (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	class hyalospongiae, hyalospongiae,
definition	:	sponges with siliceous spicules that have six rays; choanocytes are restricted to finger-shaped chambers (noun.animal)