Poriferan

2 definitions found

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

  Poriferan \Po*rif"er*an\, n. (Zool.)
     One of the Polifera.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  poriferan
       n : primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is
           supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs
           in sessile colonies [syn: {sponge}, {parazoan}]