Venusflower basket

Venus flower basket or Ve·nus's flower basket (vēʹnəs, vēʹnə-sĭz) also Venus's flower basket (-nə-sĭz) n.

A sponge of the genus Euplectella, living in deep marine waters of the East Indies and the eastern Asian coast and having a cylindrical skeleton of glassy intricate latticework.

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