1833–4 J. Phillips Geol. inEncycl. Metrop. (1845) VI. 656Traces of spongiferous bodies.
1876 Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. xviii. 353The spongiferous cherts of the Portland and coralline oolites.
1902 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 10) XXXII. 813/2Sponges in Commerce, Spongiculture.
spongi-
combining form
or spongio-
Etymology: Latin spongia
1. : sponge
< spongicolous >
< spongiology >
2. : spongy
< spongioblast >
or spongio-
1.
< spongicolous >
< spongiology >
2.
< spongioblast >