Meaning Of The Word Bryozoan

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Bryozoan Meaning

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bryozoan in American English
any of a phylum (Bryozoa) of minute water animals that form branching, mosslike colonies and reproduce by budding
adjective: belonging or pertaining to the Bryozoa
noun: any sessile marine or freshwater animal of the phylum Bryozoa, forming branching, encrusting, or gelatinous mosslike colonies of many small polyps, each having a circular or horseshoe-shaped ridge bearing ciliated tentacles, occurring on algae or on shade

bryozoan in British English
noun: any aquatic invertebrate animal of the phylum Bryozoa, forming colonies of polyps each having a ciliated feeding organ (lophophore)

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