HyperDic: sea_mat

English > 1 sense of the expression sea mat:
NOUNanimalsea mat, bryozoan, polyzoan, sea moss, moss animalsessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles
English > sea mat: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningsessile 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.
Synonymsbryozoan, polyzoan, sea moss, moss animal
Member ofBryozoa, phylum Bryozoa, polyzoamarine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids
BroaderinvertebrateAny animal lacking a backbone or notochord
Spanishbriozoo
Catalanbriozous

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