stalklike

Updated: January 18, 2026

There sponges grew in every shape, globular, stalklike, leaflike, fingerlike. With reasonable accuracy, they lived up to their nicknames of basket sponges, chalice sponges, distaff sponges, elkhorn sponges, lion's paws, peacock's tails, and Neptune's gloves designations bestowed on them by fishermen, more poetically inclined than scientists.

Jules Verne - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea