bryozoan
bryozoan · bryozoa · bryozoans
мшанка
Moostierchen
A member of the phylum Bryozoa of aquatic, usually colonial invertebratesA member of the phylum Bryozoa of aquatic, usually colonial invertebrates.
US/ˌbɹɑɪəˈzəʊən/
» Bryozoans stick to the wood but don't eat it.
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1 sensesA member of the phylum Bryozoa of aquatic, usually colonial invertebrates.
Moostierchen
мша́нкаmšánka
More definitions
- sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding
Examples
1 sentencesBryozoans stick to the wood but don't eat it.
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
invertebrate in the phylum Bryozoa:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
invertebrate in the phylum Bryozoa:
Origin
From Translingual Bryozoa + English -an.From Translingual Bryozoa + English -an.
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Forms
plural: bryozoa / bryozoansSynonyms
5 synonymsClose in meaning
- sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding:polyzoansea matsea mossmoss animal
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.