spongin

American  

[spuhn-jin] / ˈspʌn dʒɪn /

noun

1. a scleroprotein occurring in the form of fibers that form the skeleton of certain sponges.

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spongin British  

/ ˈspʌndʒɪn /

noun

1. a fibrous horny protein that forms the skeletal framework of the bath sponge and related sponges

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Etymology

Origin of spongin

First recorded in 1865–70; sponge + -in ²

Example Sentences

“You ain’t got to ast’m. You jest got to let’m. Soon as he gits over the chill, y’all go’n be spongin’ him off night and day.

From Literature

“What if we could cool him down quicker? If he came to himself even for a minute, you could talk to him! Why don’t we put him in the bathtub? It’d soak him cool a lot quicker than all that spongin’.

From Literature

The skeleton is extremely dense owing to the large number of spicules it contains, but almost structureless; broad vertical groups of spicules occur but lack spongin and only traverse a small part of the thickness of the sponge; their position is irregular.

From Project Gutenberg

The skeleton is variable in structure, sometimes being almost amorphous, sometimes having well-defined radiating and transverse fibres firmly compacted with spongin.

From Project Gutenberg

Skeleton reticulate, loose, with definite radiating and transverse fibres held together by a small quantity of spongin; the fibres slender but not extremely so.

From Project Gutenberg