bryozoan

English

Etymology

From Bryozoa + -an.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌbɹɑɪəˈzəʊən/

Noun

bryozoan (plural bryozoans)

  1. (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.

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Adjective

bryozoan (not comparable)

  1. (zoology) Pertaining to the Bryozoa. [from 19th c.]

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