| 释义 |
de·mo·spon·gi·ae
\-jēˌē\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, alteration of Desmospongiae
: a large class of Porifera comprising the majority of living sponges and being characterized by complex structure with a skeleton of tetraxial or simple siliceous spicules or of fibers of spongin or of both |