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Definition of Bryozoan
1. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Invertebrate
Group relationships: Bryozoa, Phylum Bryozoa, Polyzoa
Definition of Bryozoan
1. a. Of or pertaining to the Bryozoa.
Definition of Bryozoan
1. Adjective. (zoology) Pertaining to bryozoa. ¹
2. Noun. (zoology) A bryozoon. ¹
3. Noun. (zoology) A member of a bryozoan colony. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bryozoan
1. a type of small aquatic animal [n -S]
Medical Definition of Bryozoan
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bryozoan
Literary usage of Bryozoan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1904)
"SPECIES OF LOWER CARBONIFEROUS bryozoan. By RP WHITFIELD. PLATE XI, PIGS. 2 AND 3.
Among the many forms of bryozoans which characterize the Lower ..."
2. Maryland Geological Survey by Maryland Geological Survey (1913)
"The strata above the bryozoan subzone contain a fauna which differs in many respects
... West Virginia, and at Potomac Station, Maryland, above the bryozoan ..."
3. Reports by Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines (1900)
"Now comes our analogue, the bryozoan archimedes, to illustrate that ... Returning now
to the analogue—The stem of the bryozoan is a marvelous spiral, ..."
4. Text-book of the Embryology of Invertebrates by Eúgen Korschelt, Karl Heider, Edward Laurens Mark, William McMichael Woodworth, Matilda Bernard, Martin Fountain Woodward (1899)
"The comparison of the bryozoan larvae to the ... The forms of bryozoan larvae in
which the larval intestine is retained will be treated first, ..."
5. Bulletin by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1906)
"bryozoan FAUNA OF THE ROCHESTER SHALE. Unless otherwise designated, the photographs
illustrating this paper were made in the laboratory of the United ..."
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