bryozoonn.
/ˌbrʌɪəˈzəʊən/, /ˌbrʌɪəˈzəʊɒn/, U.S. /ˌbraɪəˈzoʊən/ Zoology.
= bryozoan n. Also attributive.The plural form is usually supplied by Bryozoa n.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Polyzoa > [noun] > member of > individual of compound
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polypide1850
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polyzoonite1871
1841 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom viii. 110 The tube or cell inhabited by this bryozoon is of exquisite structure.
1883 Harper's Mag. Dec. 107/1 The rich bryozoon..incrusts the various parts with its silvery growth.
1947 Jrnl. Paleontol. 21 434/1 Cobbold has reported three small ‘polyzoon’ specimens..but no microscopic sections were prepared to actually prove their bryozoon identity.
1993 Biol. Bull. 185 97/2 L[oxosomella] brochobola was found exclusively on the inner, abfrontal surface of the tube-shaped, calcareous colonies of the bryozoon Porella malouinensis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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