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bryozoan

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Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

bry=o=zo=an

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun bryozoan has 1 sense

bryozoan(n = noun.animal) moss animal, polyzoan, sea mat, sea moss - sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding; Array

is a kind of invertebrate

is a member of bryozoa, phylum bryozoa, polyzoa

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CIDE DICTIONARY

bryozoan, a.

Of or pertaining to the Bryozoa. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

bryozoan, n. & adj.
--n. any aquatic invertebrate animal of the phylum Bryozoa, forming colonies attached to rocks, seaweeds, etc. Also called POLYZOAN.
--adj. of or relating to the phylum Bryozoa.

Derivative

bryozoology n.

Etymology

Gk bruon moss + zoia animals

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