| NOUN | animal | bryozoan, polyzoan, sea mat, sea moss, moss animal | sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles |
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| Meaning | sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones / stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding. | |
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| Synonyms | polyzoan, sea mat, sea moss, moss animal | |
| Member of | Bryozoa, phylum Bryozoa, polyzoa | marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids |
| Broader | invertebrate | Any animal lacking a backbone or notochord |
| Spanish | briozoo | |
| Catalan | briozous | |
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