Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Euplectella \Eu`plec*tel"la\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? well plaited; ?
   well + ? plaited.] (Zo["o]l)
   A genus of elegant, glassy sponges, consisting of interwoven
   siliceous fibers, and growing in the form of a cornucopia; --
   called also {Venus's flower-basket}.

Source : WordNet®

Euplectella
     n : a genus of Hyalospongiae [syn: {genus Euplectella}]