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PARA-379-Boring-Sponge: 🦀 Cliona

Caretaker Status: Bonded to CARE-10

Affiliated companion(s): none

Level 3 - concrete
Word: Sponge (Boring)

Origin:
Old English sponge, spunge, from Latin spongia "a sponge," also "sea animal from which a sponge comes," from Greek spongia, related to spongos "sponge," of unknown origin.
"Probably a loanword from a non-IE language, borrowed independently into Greek, Latin and Armenian in a form *sphong-" [de Vaan].

Old English borian "to bore through, perforate," from bor "auger,".

Definition:
Any sponge of Cliona or related genera that penetrates the substance of shells, some species (such as C. celata) of the Atlantic coast being injurious to oysters

Magic Status: 1 - Neophyte
Tier 1 - Skin is porous and has a spongy texture.

Wisdom Status: 0 - Unaware