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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. See bryozoan.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A moss-animalcule.

Wiktionary

  1. n. zoology, uncommon A bryozoan.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Zoöl.) a bryozoan.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. 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

Etymologies

  1. Calque of Bryozoa, which is from Ancient Greek βρύον (bruon, "moss") + ζῷα (zōa), plural of ζῷον (zōon, "animal") (Wiktionary)

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  1. invertebrate

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  1. moss-animalcule
  1. sea-moss
  1. bryozoan
  1. molluscoid

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