parazoan

Plural: parazoans

Noun

• Any of a major division of multicellular animals lacking true tissues.
• primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
• Any sponge (of the subkingdom Parazoa)

Examples

• Playing ’PARAZOAN’ felt like digging deep into a biological dictionary, just for points.

Synonyms

poriferan, sponge