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English → English (gcide) Definition: Spongin Spongin \Spon"gin\ (sp[u^]n"j[i^]n), n. (Physiol. Chem.) The chemical basis of sponge tissue, a nitrogenous, hornlike substance which on decomposition with sulphuric acid yields leucin and glycocoll. [1913 Webster]