Bryozoa

American  

[brahy-uh-zoh-uh] / ˌbraɪ əˈzoʊ ə /

noun

1. a phylum of invertebrates comprising about 4000 marine and freshwater species of bryozoans.

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Etymology

Origin of Bryozoa

From New Latin, dating back to 1840–50; see origin at bryo-, -zoa

Example Sentences

They entered on the stage in immense abundance in the Siluro-Cambrian, where considerable limestones are largely composed of their remains, mixed, however, and sometimes overpowered with those of Bryozoa and Hydroids.

From The Chain of Life in Geological Time A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants by Dawson, Sir J. William

The conception of the Dipleurula derives its chief weight from the fact that it is comparable to the early larval forms of other primitive coelomate animals, such as Balanoglossus, Phoronis, Chaetognatha, Brachiopoda and Bryozoa.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various

In the lowest class of this division of the Animal Kingdom there is a group so similar to the Polyps, that, until recently, they have been associated with them,—the Bryozoa.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 by Various

Carter, "On the Identify in Structure and Composition of the so-called Seed-like Body of Spongilla with the Winter-egg of the Bryozoa: and the presence of Starch-granules in each," Ann.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson

With the foraminifera the microscope shows in the chalk a multitude of crushed fragments, largely the prisms which compose bivalve shells, flakes of shells of Terebratula and Rhynchonella, and minute fragments of corals and Bryozoa.

From The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight by Hughes, J. Cecil