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单词 poriferan
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Definition of poriferan in English:

poriferan

noun pəˈrɪf(ə)rənpəˈrɪf(ə)rən
Zoology
  • An aquatic invertebrate animal of the phylum Porifera; a sponge.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In all cases, poriferans have a canal system, through which they pump water.
    • With a worldwide fauna of at least 15,000 species, poriferans are among the most diverse of sessile marine taxa.
    • Between 1859 and 1866, he worked on many "invertebrate" groups, including radiolarians, poriferans (sponges) and annelids (segmented worms).
    • Poriferans don't have mouths; instead, they have tiny pores in their outer walls through which water is drawn.
    • The first seems to have occurred before the split between poriferans and the other metazoans.
adjective pəˈrɪf(ə)rənpəˈrɪf(ə)rən
Zoology
  • Relating to or denoting poriferans.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For that matter, even the syncytial ‘gut’ departs further from the cnidarian or poriferan system than from the bilaterian archenteron.
    • Between 1859 and 1866, he worked on many ‘invertebrate’ groups, including radiolarians, poriferans and annelids (segmented worms).
    • Thus, poriferan spicules and chancelloriid sclerites do not appear homologous.
    • In that time, the first undoubted fossil annelids, arthropods, brachiopods, echinoderms, molluscs, onychophorans, poriferans, and priapulids show up in rocks all over the world.
 
 

Definition of poriferan in US English:

poriferan

nounpəˈrif(ə)rənpəˈrɪf(ə)rən
Zoology
  • An aquatic invertebrate animal of the phylum Porifera; a sponge.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In all cases, poriferans have a canal system, through which they pump water.
    • The first seems to have occurred before the split between poriferans and the other metazoans.
    • Between 1859 and 1866, he worked on many "invertebrate" groups, including radiolarians, poriferans (sponges) and annelids (segmented worms).
    • Poriferans don't have mouths; instead, they have tiny pores in their outer walls through which water is drawn.
    • With a worldwide fauna of at least 15,000 species, poriferans are among the most diverse of sessile marine taxa.
adjectivepəˈrif(ə)rənpəˈrɪf(ə)rən
Zoology
  • Relating to or denoting poriferans.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Between 1859 and 1866, he worked on many ‘invertebrate’ groups, including radiolarians, poriferans and annelids (segmented worms).
    • Thus, poriferan spicules and chancelloriid sclerites do not appear homologous.
    • For that matter, even the syncytial ‘gut’ departs further from the cnidarian or poriferan system than from the bilaterian archenteron.
    • In that time, the first undoubted fossil annelids, arthropods, brachiopods, echinoderms, molluscs, onychophorans, poriferans, and priapulids show up in rocks all over the world.
 
 
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