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单词 bryozoan
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
bry•o•zo•an  (brī′ə zō′ən),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Invertebratesbelonging or pertaining to the Bryozoa.

n. 
  1. InvertebratesAlso called moss animal. 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 shaded objects. Cf. ectoproct, entoproct.
  • Bryozo(a) + -an 1870–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
bryozoan /ˌbraɪəˈzəʊən/ n
  1. any aquatic invertebrate animal of the phylum Bryozoa, forming colonies of polyps each having a ciliated feeding organ (lophophore)
    Popular name: sea mat
Etymology: 19th Century: from Greek bruon moss + zōion animal
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