poriferous

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In effect, we have a possible similarity with the Colombia of the '80s: the economic, social, and arms strength of drug trafficking on one side, and the poriferous and corrupt politicians, from police and military structures and some top public servants administering highways, airports, customs, or ports, on the other.

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  1. adjective Having pores.
  2. adjective Of or relating to the poriferans.

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  • In effect, we have a possible similarity with the Colombia of the '80s: the economic, social, and arms strength of drug trafficking on one side, and the poriferous and corrupt politicians, from police and military structures and some top public servants administering highways, airports, customs, or ports, on the other. —  The Narco News Bulletin
  • Sponge coral are poriferous and less thick, stimulating them lightweight and the ideal materials for a jewel supplement. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • T crm customer relationship as a domingo poriferous the spoof staidness, but it may go practically as an seedy walkabout lexicon in this parts. —  Rational Review
 

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  1. New Latin porus, pore; see poriferan + -ferous.

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  1. from New Latin porifer, having pores, from Latin porus, pore, + ferre = E. bear.
 

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