British Dictionary definitions for sea mat

sea mat

noun

a popular name for a bryozoan

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A division of the Molluscoida comprising compound animals, such as the Sea-mat—sometimes called Bryozoa.
The Ancient Life History of the Earth
Henry Alleyne Nicholson
The division of the flat leaf-like colony by two, resulting in bifurcated branches, is another obvious feature of the Sea-Mat.
Stories of the Universe: Animal Life
B. Lindsay

sea mat

Examples from the Web for sea mat

Historical Examples

A division of the Molluscoida comprising compound animals, such as the Sea-mat—sometimes called Bryozoa.

The division of the flat leaf-like colony by two, resulting in bifurcated branches, is another obvious feature of the Sea-Mat.