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Bryozoa (phylum)

Definition:

a phylum of marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids

Class:

animal noun (animals and microorganisms)

Plural:

Bryozoa*
(* Bryozoa may be used in a singular or plural context)

Member of:

Animalia

Original source:

WordNet

Synonym:

polyzoa [plural]

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All senses of Bryozoa...

Reference links

Wikipedia:

Bryozoa | Ectoprocta | moss animals

Summary:

a phylum of aquatic invertebrate animals. Typically about 0.5 millimetres long, they are filter feeders that sieve food particles out of the water using a retractable lophophore, a "crown" of tentacles lined with cilia. Most marine species live in ...  (39 of 9935 words, 5 images)

Britannica:

moss animal | bryozoan

Summary:

any member of the phylum Bryozoa, in which there are about 5,000 extant species. Another 15,000 species are known only from fossils. As with ...  (24 of 99 words)

Columbia:

Bryozoa

Summary:

name of a phylum, in older systems of classification, that included the invertebrate animals now classified in the phyla Entoprocta and Ectoprocta. ...  (22 of 41 words, pronunciation)

Wiktionary:

Bryozoa

Summary:

a taxonomic phylum, within superphylum Protostomia - the polyzoa  (9 of 24 words, 1 etymology, pronunciation)

Random House:

Bryozoa

Summary:

a phylum of invertebrates comprising about 4000 marine and freshwater species of bryozoans.  (13 of 21 words, pronunciation)

Encarta:

bryozoan | bryozoans [plural] | moss animal [marine biology] | moss animals [marine biology, plural] | polyzoan [marine biology] | polyzoans [marine biology, plural] | sea mat [marine biology]

Summary:

an invertebrate ocean animal that reproduces by budding. Bryozoans often form colonies on the sea bottom or attached to seaweed. Phylum Bryozoa.  (22 of 51 words, 1 etymology, pronunciation)

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