sea sponge

collocation in English

meaningsofseaandsponge

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sea
noun
uk
/siː/us
/siː/
the salty water that covers a large part of the surface of the earth, or a large area of salty water, smaller than an ocean, that is partly or completely surrounded ...
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sponge
noun
uk
/spʌndʒ/us
/spʌndʒ/
a soft substance that is full of small holes and can absorb a lot of liquid, and is used for washing ...
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(Definition ofseaandspongefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Early aquaculture research into optimising techniques forseaspongeaquaculture used a number of farming methods.
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This results in a profitable family business which conforms to traditional discourses of family farms, increasing the likelihood ofseaspongeaquaculture adoption.
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These are either applied with hands, paint brush, and synthetic sponges or naturalseasponge, or alternatively with an airbrush.
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This appearance can be described as similar to aseasponge, a brain, or a head of cauliflower, from which it has been given its popular name.
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Bath sponges are the most common use of aquaculturedseaspongetoday.
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Silicon in the form of silicon dioxide is used by diatoms and sea sponges to form their cell walls and skeletons.
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The flints are formed by silica from sea sponges and diatoms from around 60 to 95 million years ago.
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These sponges are the only true sustainably farmed sea sponges in the world.
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The museum was founded in 1968 and claims the largest selection of natural sea sponges.
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Symbiotic bacteria that normally inhabit sea sponges start reproducing at an unsustainable rate when ambient temperature of the water increases by a few degrees.
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Sponges are sensitive to temperature, and extreme fluctuations in ambient temperature can negatively affect the health of sea sponges.
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Simpler animals, such as sea sponges, have one germ layer and lack true tissue organisation.
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Sea sponges are produced on a commercial scale to be used as bath sponges or to extract biologically active compounds which are found in certain sponge species.
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Silicon is an essential element in biology, although only tiny traces of it appear to be required by animals, however various sea sponges need silicon in order to have structure.
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