spongillina

pl. [Mod. Lat. spongill (a); Lat. neut. pl. adj. suff. -ina.] Zool.: A sub-family of Renierinæ or Renieride. Reproduction by ova and by winter-eggs or statoblasts. spồng-in, s . [Eng.sponge; -in (Chem.).] Chem.: An insoluble substance obtained from sponge by treating it with ether, alcohol, water, hydrochloric acid, and dilute soda-ley. It closely solution of copper, and, when boiled with sulphuric acid, yields leucine, but not tyrosine. "How came such a multitude of our own nation to be spunged of their plate and money?"- South : Ser resembles fibroin, but is insoluble in an ammoniacal mons, vol. i., ser. 12. IMG:content-0074.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Fig .: To live upon others; to live by or practice mean arts. "He had no busine to come sponging on Mr. King." Chambers' Journal, July, 1879, p. 408.