noun
multicellular organisms having less-specialized cells than in the Metazoa; comprises the single phylum Porifera
• Syn: ↑Parazoa
• Hypernyms: ↑subkingdom
• Member Holonyms: ↑Animalia, ↑kingdom Animalia, ↑animal kingdom
• Member Meronyms: ↑Porifera, ↑phylum Porifera
Useful english dictionary. 2012.