spongin
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spon·gin (spŭn'jĭn) 
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n.
A horny, sulfur-containing protein related to keratin that forms the skeletal structure of certain classes of sponges.
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- Haplosclerida (invertebrate zoology)
- Demospongiae (invertebrate zoology)
- Dendroceratida (invertebrate zoology)
- Halichondrida (invertebrate zoology)
- spongoblast
- Axinellida
- Poecilosclerida
- Clavaxinellida
- Dictyoceratida
- Hadromerida
- Porifera (invertebrate)
- sponge (in zoology)
- Spongin
- Vauxia
