Meaning of espongha | Babel Free

Definitions

1. sponge
2. powder puff
3. Equivalent to 'Sponge': Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.

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“At pagkaraka'y tumakbo ang isa sa kanila, at kumuha ng isang espongha, at binasa ng suka, saka inilagay sa isang tambo, at ipinainom sa kaniya.”

And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

“Sapagkat ang isang nagsusulat ay kailangang parang isang espongha na humihigop ng tubig sa kanyang paligid.”

Because the one who writes should be like a sponge that absorbs the water from its surroundings.

““Ang mga espongha ang pinakamatanda at pinakamababang uri ng hayop,” ang sabi ng National Geographic News. Kaya nga iniisip ng ilan na ang sinaunang espongha ang ninuno ng mga hayop at tao sa teoriya ng ebolusyon.”

“Sponges occupy the oldest and lowest branch on the animal family tree,” states National Geographic News. This has led some individuals to speculate that an ancient sponge was the evolutionary ancestor of animals and humans.

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