the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Parazoa > phylum Porifera > [noun] > member of > specific types > spongia equina (velvet sponge) (5)
= sheep's wool n. at compounds 3b (see compounds 3).
(a) a sea sponge native to the Mediterranean, Hippospongia communis (family Spongidae), widely harvested and prepared to produce a high quality…
a variety of bath-sponge.
(a) wool from the fleece of a sheep; (b) a West Indian sponge, Spongia equina, variant gossypina; (c) sheep's-wool fat, lanoline (New Sydenham Soc. Le…