porifern.
/ˈpɔːrᵻfə/, U.S. /ˈpɔrəfər/ Zoology. rare.
A member of the phylum Porifera; a sponge. Cf. Porifera n.
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1883 Science 20 Apr. 305/1 The animal bears a strong resemblance to a sponge larva. The surmise that it is the young of a porifer may be a useful hint.
1890 Cent. Dict. Porifer, that which has pores, as a sponge; a member of the Porifera.
1962 Science 20 July 217/2 The report on the porifers..includes a detailed discussion of polarity, of the skeleton including spiculae.
1983 Nucleic Acids Res. 11 8111 (title) Nucleotide sequence of the 5.85 rRNAs of a mollusc and a porifer.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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