zimocca

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zimocca (plural zimoccas)

  1. The marine sponge Spongia zimocca.
    • 1928, Sir James Hopwood Jeans, The physics of the universe:
      We are shown the fine Turkey-cup or Levantine sponges, the African Zimoccas, the West-Indian grass-sponges and wire-sponges, the great elephants' ears from the Philippines, and many more []
    • 1948, World Trade in Sponges:
      All types of Mediterranean sponges are found off the coast of Libya, but zimoccas and honeycombs are more common, especially on the Tripoli grounds.