BRYOZOAN (bryozoa)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: bryozoa   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does bryozoan mean? 

• BRYOZOAN (noun)
  The noun BRYOZOAN has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: BRYOZOAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRYOZOAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

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

Hypernyms ("bryozoan" is a kind of...):

invertebrate (any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification)

Holonyms ("bryozoan" is a member of...):

Bryozoa; phylum Bryozoa; polyzoa (marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids)

 Context examples 

A macrocyclic lactone isolated from the bryozoan Bugula neritina with antineoplastic activity.

(Bryostatin 1, NCI Thesaurus)