sea mat 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 moss; moss animal; polyzoan.

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Sea" mat`
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Any bryozoan of the genus Flustra or allied genera which form frondlike corals.

Webster 1913