Ceratospongiae

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ceratospongiae \Cer`a*to*spon"gi*[ae]\, prop. n. pl. [NL., fr.
     Gr. ke`ras, ke`ratos horn + ? sponge.] (Zool.)
     An order of sponges in which the skeleton consists of horny
     fibers. It includes all the commercial sponges.
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