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hyalospongia
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hyalospongia, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "y`alos glass + a sponge.].
An order of vitreous sponges, having glassy six-rayed, siliceous spicules; -- called also Hexactinellinæ . [1913 Webster]
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