bryozoan Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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
    sea mat; sea moss; moss animal; polyzoan.

WordNet


Bry`o*zo"an adjective
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Bryozoa. -- n. One of the Bryozoa.

Webster 1913