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    sponge
    /spʌn(d)ʒ/

    noun

    • 1. a primitive sedentary aquatic invertebrate with a soft porous body that is typically supported by a framework of fibres or calcareous or glassy spicules. Sponges draw in a current of water to extract nutrients and oxygen.
    • 2. a piece of a soft, light, porous absorbent substance originally consisting of the fibrous skeleton of an aquatic invertebrate but now usually made of synthetic material, used for washing and cleaning.

    verb

    • 1. wipe or clean with a wet sponge or cloth: "she sponged him down in an attempt to cool his fever"
    • 2. obtain or accept money or food from other people without doing or intending to do anything in return: informal "they found they could earn a perfectly good living by sponging off others"

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  2. www.britannica.com › animal › sponge-animalSponge - Anatomy, Filtering, Reproduction | Britannica

    2 days ago · Sponge - Anatomy, Filtering, Reproduction: Sponges are unusual animals that lack definite organs to carry out their various functions. The most important structure is the water-current system, which includes the pores (ostia), the choanocytes (collar cells), and the oscula.

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      Sponge - Porifera, Demospongiae, & Calcarea: The general...

    • Regeneration

      Sponge - Regeneration, Filter Feeding, Reproduction: Sponges...

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  4. www.theperfectloaf.com › what-is-a-levain-and-how-is-it-diffWhat is a Levain And How is it Different From a Starter?

    Sep 12, 2024 · A levain, also called a leaven or levain starter, is an off-shoot of your sourdough starter, and it’s a mixture of fresh flour, water, and some ripe starter. This mixture will be used entirely in a batch of dough and has the same fate as the bread dough you’re mixing: you will bake it in the oven.

  5. www.examples.com › biology › poriferaPorifera - 15+ Examples, Species, Characteristics, Difference

    Sep 20, 2024 · Porifera, or sponges, are simple, multicellular organisms lacking true tissues and organs. Found mainly in marine environments, they filter water through their porous bodies for nutrition and respiration, playing a vital role in aquatic ecosystems and offering insights into early animal evolution.

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › TitaniumTitanium - Wikipedia

    2 days ago · The processing of titanium metal occurs in four major steps: reduction of titanium ore into "sponge", a porous form; melting of sponge, or sponge plus a master alloy to form an ingot; primary fabrication, where an ingot is converted into general mill products such as billet, bar, plate, sheet, strip, and tube; and secondary ...

  7. www.chinasichuanfood.com › chinese-egg-cakeChinese Egg Cake - Old Style Baked Version - China Sichuan Food

    Sep 6, 2024 · Old style Chinese egg cake calls everybody’s childhood memory. This is also referred as mini Chinese sponge cake.

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  8. www.britannica.com › plant › loofahLoofah | Exfoliating, Edible, Sponge-like | Britannica

    Sep 4, 2024 · Loofah, (genus Luffa), genus of seven species of annual climbing vines of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), native to the Old World tropics. Two species (Luffa acutangula and L. aegyptiaca) are commonly cultivated for their fruits, which are edible when young and have a fibrous spongelike interior.

  9. www.smorescience.com › how-do-sponges-reproduceHow Do Sponges Reproduce? - Smore Science Magazine

    Sep 17, 2024 · Instead, sponges are just a bunch of cells with a squishy body wall made of spongin and a skeleton made of hard, spiny spicules. Sponges come in all sorts of shapes, colors, and sizes, and there are approximately 8,550 different sponge species alive today.