| NOUN | animal | sea moss, bryozoan, polyzoan, sea mat, moss animal | sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles |
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| animal | sea moss | any of various red algae having graceful rose to purple fronds (e.g. dulse or carrageen) |
| 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 | bryozoan, polyzoan, sea mat, 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 | |
| Meaning | Any of various red algae having graceful rose to purple fronds (e.g. dulse or carrageen). | |
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| Broader | red algae | marine algae in which the chlorophyll is masked by a red or purplish pigment |
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