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Noun: parazoan (parazoa)
  1. Primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
    - sponge, poriferan

Derived forms: parazoa

Type of: invertebrate

Part of: phylum Porifera, Porifera