polyzoan 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
    bryozoan; sea mat; sea moss; moss animal.

WordNet


Pol`y*zo"an noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) (a) Any species of Polyzoa; one of the Polyzoa. (b) A polyzoön.

Webster 1913