Geodia
noun
Ge·o·dia
jēˈōdēə
: a genus (the type of the family Geodiidae) of large deep-sea sponges of the class Demospongiae with anchoring structures that resemble roots
geodiid adjective or noun
-dēə̇d
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek geōdēs earthlike + New Latin -ia