Spongology

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  1. 1
    The study of sponges. uncountable

    "Spongology, the study of all aspects of the sponge biology, ecology, taxonomy, and chemistry of sponges, has full fledged into a discipline attracting a progressively increasing population of hundreds of scientists worldwide, numerous of whom devote a lifetime career to the study of this group."

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"Spongology, the study of all aspects of the sponge biology, ecology, taxonomy, and chemistry of sponges, has full fledged into a discipline attracting a progressively increasing population of hundreds of scientists worldwide, numerous of whom devote a lifetime career to the study of this group."

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