bryozoan
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌbɹɑɪəˈzəʊən/
Noun
bryozoan (plural bryozoans)
- (zoology) A member of the phylum Bryozoa of aquatic, usually colonial invertebrates. [from 19th c.]
- 1991, Martha Holmes, Sea Trek, BBC Books, page 79:
- The blanket of bryozoans also blocks out some of the light needed by the blade for photosynthesis.
- 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 163:
- Every microscopic individual in a bryozoan colony is a clone of the original animal that settled on the lake floor, and is a hermaphrodite, both male and female.
Synonyms
- ectoproct (dated), polyzoan (obsolete), moss animal (uncommon)
Translations
invertebrate in the phylum Bryozoa
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