spongy

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Spongy moths produce just one generation a year.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 13, 2022

Spongy moths: These invasive insects can decimate your garden.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2022

Spongy bone is prominent in areas of bones that are not heavily stressed or where stresses arrive from many directions.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Spongy bone tissue does not contain osteons that constitute compact bone tissue.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Spongy iron acts most rapidly, and after this follow iron turnings and then sheet clippings.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various