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(zoology) Any sponge, of the class Calcarea, that has a skeleton composed of calcium carbonate spicules..
Use calcarean when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Calcarean means (zoology) Any sponge, of the class Calcarea, that has a skeleton composed of calcium carbonate spicules..
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