moss animal
Noun 1. sessile aquatic animal forming mosslike colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding (synonym) bryozoan, polyzoan, sea mat, sea moss (hypernym) invertebrate (member-holonym) Bryozoa, phylum Bryozoa, polyzoa | ||||
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Moss animal Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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moss animal
moss animal
n : sessile aquatic animal forming mosslike colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding [syn: bryozoan, polyzoan, sea mat, sea moss ]
moss animal
(zo?l.), a bryozoan...
see moss
moss animal
n : sessile aquatic animal forming mosslike colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding [syn: bryozoan, polyzoan, sea mat, sea moss ]
moss animal
(zo?l.), a bryozoan...
see moss
Moss animal Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Bryozoa
Bryozoans are tiny colonial animals that generally build stony skeletons of calcium carbonate, superficially similar to coral. They are also known as moss animals (which is the literal Greek translation) or sea mats. They generally prefer warm, tropical waters but are known to occur worldwide. There are about 5,000 living species, with several times that number of fossil forms known.
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