Meaning & use
Venus flower basket
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Meaning
nounproperbiologyspecialist
A deep-sea glass sponge whose body is a glassy silica lattice shaped like a narrow vase or basket, found in parts of the western Pacific.
Grammar: A proper common name: capitalize Venus flower basket. It is countable in scientific or descriptive use, though rarely plural.
Patterns
- the Venus flower basket
- a Venus flower basket specimen
- Venus flower basket skeleton
The Venus flower basket grows anchored to deep Pacific seafloor sediment.
Its silica skeleton inspired designs for strong yet light structures.
A museum displayed a dried Venus flower basket from a nineteenth-century voyage.
Word forms
| plural | Venus flower baskets |
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Common combinations
- Venus flower basket sponge
- The Venus flower basket sponge filters water through its glassy lattice.
- silica skeleton
- Scientists study the silica skeleton of the Venus flower basket.
- deep-sea habitat
- The deep-sea habitat of the Venus flower basket is cold and dark.
Synonyms and how they differ
- glass sponge
- The wider group to which Venus flower basket belongs; less specific.
- Euplectella aspergillum
- The scientific name used in taxonomy for this exact species.
Practice
Which statement best matches Venus flower basket?
Choose one answer.
The name refers to a deep-sea glass sponge whose skeleton is silica and lattice-like. The other choices confuse the common name with a container or with surface reef organisms.
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