单词 | bryozoan |
释义 | bryozoann.adj. Zoology. A. n. An aquatic invertebrate of the phylum Bryozoa; a moss animal or sea mat. Also called ectoproct, polyzoan. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Polyzoa > [noun] > member of coralline1721 coralloid1750 fenestella1849 bryozoan1851 moss-coral1853 polyzoan1856 moss animal1858 moss-polyp1876 fenestellid1882 moss animalcule1890 tentaculibranchiatec1904 1851 W. B. Carpenter Princ. Compar. Physiol. (ed. 3) ii. xviii. 940 The development of the Ascidian zooid..seems to take place after a mode essentially the same with that of the Bryozoan. 1888 U. P. James & J. F. James Monogr. Monticuliporoid Corals 131 The zoological position of the Monticuliporoids..has been discussed from two sides, one party considering the group as Corals, and the opposite as Bryozoans. 1931 W. C. Allee Animal Aggregations ii. 23 Homomorphic colonies have all the individuals morphologically similar and may be found among sponges and at certain times among hydroids and bryozoans. 1975 Times 26 June 18/7 A calcareous bryozoan..exists at depths of up to 15 metres. 2006 D. H. Erwin Extinction v. 110 The lacy fenestrate bryozoans were common inhabitants of Permian reefs. B. adj. Of or relating to the phylum Bryozoa. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Polyzoa > [adjective] > belonging to or having the character of bryozoan1851 polyzoal1856 polyzoan1860 polyzooid1884 1851 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 8 267 I collected these Urchins from the Pea-grit of Crickley Hill with Acrosalenia Lycetti and small Bryozoan polypifera. 1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 132 All the persons of a Bryozoan colony are not equally well developed. 1940 F. F. Grout Kemp's Handbk. Rocks (ed. 6) viii. 171 The particular organism may be used in naming; as in crinoidal, coralline, fusilina, or bryozoan limestone. 1979 R. Anderton et al. Dynamic Stratigr. Brit. Isles xi. 144/2 The bryozoan fronds that are so common in many Waulsortian mudbanks. 2002 S. J. Gould Struct. Evolutionary Theory ix. 893 McKinney et al...compared the differential successes of cheilostome and cyclostome bryozoan clades through time. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1851 |
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