adjective
- of, relating to, or belonging to the phylum Porifera (sponges); having pores or a porous structure characteristic of sponges
Usage: technical; biology
Examples
- The poriferal structure of the sea sponge allows water to flow through its body.
- Marine biologists studied the poriferal organisms found on the coral reef.
- Poriferal animals filter nutrients from seawater using their porous bodies.
- The fossil showed clear poriferal characteristics typical of ancient sponges.