zimocca

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɪˈmɒkə/

Noun

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.