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Meaning of "poriferan" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PORIFERAN

From New Latin porifer bearing pores.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PORIFERAN

poriferan  [pɔːˈrɪfərən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PORIFERAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Poriferan can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PORIFERAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sponge

Sponges are animals of the phylum Porifera. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through them, consisting of jelly-like mesohyl sandwiched between two thin layers of cells. Sponges have unspecialized cells that can transform into other types and that often migrate between the main cell layers and the mesohyl in the process. Sponges do not have nervous, digestive or circulatory systems. Instead, most rely on maintaining a constant water flow through their bodies to obtain food and oxygen and to remove wastes.

Definition of poriferan in the English dictionary

The definition of poriferan in the dictionary is any invertebrate of the phylum Porifera, which comprises the sponges. Other definition of poriferan is of, relating to, or belonging to the phylum Porifera.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PORIFERAN


Aaron
ˈɛərən
Byron
ˈbaɪərən
Cameron
ˈkæmərən
Charon
ˈkɛərən
ctenophoran
tɪˈnɒfərən
Decameron
dɪˈkæmərən
discophoran
dɪsˈkɒfərən
foraminiferan
fəˌræmɪˈnɪfərən
Honduran
hɒnˈdjʊərən
Huron
ˈhjʊərən
Lutheran
ˈluːθərən
mastigophoran
ˌmæstɪˈɡɒfərən
Myron
ˈmaɪərən
odontophoran
ˌɒdɒnˈtɒfərən
onychophoran
ˌɒnɪˈkɒfərən
pogonophoran
ˌpəʊɡəˈnɒfərən
rotiferan
rəʊˈtɪfərən
siren
ˈsaɪərən
veteran
ˈvɛtərən
Viren
ˈvɪərən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PORIFERAN

porcupinish
porcupiny
pore
porer
porge
porgies
porgy
Pori
porifer
poriferal
poriferous
porina
poriness
Porirua
porism
porismatic
porismatical
poristic
poristical
pork

WORDS THAT END LIKE PORIFERAN

cateran
chiropteran
cladoceran
coleopteran
cordilleran
dictyopteran
dipteran
foreran
hemipteran
hymenopteran
Lateran
lepidopteran
Meran
nonveteran
orthopteran
reran
Teheran
Teleran
tetrapteran
the Lateran

Synonyms and antonyms of poriferan in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «poriferan» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PORIFERAN

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Translator English - Chinese

poriferan
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

poríferos
570 millions of speakers

English

poriferan
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

poriferan
380 millions of speakers
ar

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poriferan
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

poriferan
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

poriferan
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

poriferan
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

poriferan
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Poriferan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

poriferan
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

海綿動物
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

poriferan
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Poriferan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

poriferan
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

poriferan
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोरिफेरन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

poriferan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

poriferan
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

poriferan
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

poriferan
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

poriferan
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

poriferan
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

poriferan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

poriferan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

poriferan
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of poriferan

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PORIFERAN»

The term «poriferan» is used very little and occupies the 180.650 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PORIFERAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about poriferan

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PORIFERAN»

Discover the use of poriferan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to poriferan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Poriferan: Spongilla Argyrosperma, Clathrina, Cliona Celata, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Books Group, Books Llc, 2010
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Cell Apoptotic Signalling Pathways
Intriguingly, the poriferan domain is missing a second characteristic feature, two C-X-X-C knuckles that are thought to bind Zn2+ (Collet et al, 2003). Of the seven Cys residues that had been considered to be highly conserved, only three are ...
Charles O. Pickens, 2007
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The Rise and Fall of the Ediacaran Biota
Poriferan paraphyly and its implications for Precambrian paleobiology E. A. SPERLING1, D. PISANI2 & K. J. PETERSON1 1 Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520, USA Laboratory ...
Patricia Vickers-Rich, Patricia Komarower, 2007
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Biosilica in Evolution, Morphogenesis, and ...
... grouping of the Lake Chagytai and Lake Tore-Khol species to the genus Ephydatia. In addition, the phylogenetic analyses suggest a Spongilla-like founder generation of poriferan species in Lake Chagytai and Lake Tore-Khol. In conclusion ...
W.E.G. Müller, Mikhael A. Grachev, 2009
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Biological Materials of Marine Origin: Invertebrates
Poriferan. Origin. Sponges are probably the earliest branching animals (Philippe et al. 2009) and their fossil record dates back to the Precambrian (Love et al. 2009; Reitner and Wörheide 2002). In former studies, chitin was only identified in  ...
Hermann Ehrlich, 2010
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An Introduction to Zoology
Poriferan. Body. Plan. Does a sponge actually possess a true “body?” Early investigators thought not and viewed sponges as essentially colonial animals. A later refinement of this outlook held that each excurrent opening and its attendant  ...
Joseph Springer, Dennis Holley, 2012
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VK Science - Biology
How do poriferan animals differ from coelenterate animals. Ans. Differences between Poriferan animals and Coelenterate animals: 18. How do annelid Animals differ from Arthropods? Ans. Differences between Annelids and Arthropods: 19.
BS Tomar
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U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
Poriferan spicules with bract-like projections are known in the lyssakid Hyalospongia, which include Early Cambrian forms. However, these Hyalospongia do not exhibit the manner of branching present in the fossils and are not associated with ...
‎1988
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Advances in Sponge Science: Phylogeny, Systematics, Ecology
Consequently, the reconstruction of poriferan relationships provided by Philippe et al. (2009) and corroborated by Pick et al. (2010) and Philippe et al. (2011) represents—with respect to the monophyly of sponges—the working hypothesis that ...
‎2012
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The Comparative Embryology of Sponges
In: Ereskovsky AV, Keupp H, Kohring HR (eds) Modern problems of Poriferan biology. Berliner Geowiss Abh, Freie University, Berlin Ivanova LV, Semyonov VV (1997) Feeding habits of the larvae of sponges. In: Ereskovsky AV, Keupp H, ...
Alexander V. Ereskovsky, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PORIFERAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term poriferan is used in the context of the following news items.
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New Fossils Before and After the Cambrian, What Do They Show?
... then so did coeval animals of the eumetazoan lineage that also descended from the same last common poriferan/eumetazoan ancestor. «Discovery Institute, Jul 15»
2
Andamiro Predicts Record Earnings For SpongeBob's Pineapple …
The amiable poriferan's enthusiastic and diverse fan base covers a very wide demographic, he said. "I have seen players of all ages playing ... «Vending Times, Jun 15»
3
Are the Ediacarans Transitional Forms for the Cambrian Explosion?
However, although it is difficult to place these fossils within Metazoa, the morphology and ecology are suggestive of cnidarian or poriferan ... «Discovery Institute, Apr 15»
4
600 Million Year Old Sponge Fossil Challenges Previous Geological …
That sponge fossil is now considered as the oldest known poriferan on Earth. According to the research team who found the sponge fossil, it is ... «Science Times, Mar 15»
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Oldest known sponge pushes back date for key split in animal …
... discovered in southern China and dated to 600 million years ago—clearly during the Precambrian—is the oldest known poriferan. The critter ... «Science AAAS, Mar 15»
6
New Jersey Wildlife: Freshwater sponges, overlooked living water …
The majority of poriferan species are found in salt water. However, in North America there are about 30 species of freshwater sponges, ... «Hunterdon County Democrat, Jun 14»
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What the Voice of SpongeBob Has Absorbed About Money
Spongebob As the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants, Tom Kenny has his own take on the money IQ of TV's premier prattling poriferan. «DailyFinance, Jul 11»
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Tom Kenny: SpongeBob 'Tougher Than Sarah Palin'
That's a lot of time in a pineapple under the sea, but Tom Kenny insists he loves playing everyone's favorite yellow poriferan as much as ever. «PopEater, Jan 11»
9
Circus of the Oiled Spineless #51
... spicules, those strange silaceous and carbonae-o-liscious biomaterials that hold up the consortia of cells we love and know the Poriferan. «Deep-Sea News, Jun 10»
10
Three Rivers Arts Festival: Ceramicist Chris Garofalo re-imagines …
... respectively "Fancy Banksia Fruit," "Colonial Marine Polyps" and "Dehiscent Leafy Poriferan" -- are reminiscent of both art museum vitrines ... «Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Jun 06»

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