Geodia

noun

Ge·​o·​dia

jēˈōdēə

: a genus (the type of the family Geodiidae) of large deep-sea sponges of the class Demospongiae with anchoring structures that resemble roots

geodiid

-dēə̇d

adjective or noun

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek geōdēs earthlike + New Latin -ia

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