Bryozoa

[brahy-uh-zoh-uh]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bryozoa¹

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

Example Sentences

The boulders on Antarctica’s shallow seabed play host to a wide variety of filter-feeding, aquatic invertebrates called Bryozoa.

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Formerly the group included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda, and sometimes the Bryozoa.

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See prehensile processes on the cells of some Bryozoa, often having the shape of a bird's bill.

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Bryozoa, brī-ō-zō′a, n.pl. an old name for the Polyzoa, from their resemblance to mosses.

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Bryozoa, a group of minute animals which form encrustations on seaweeds and stones, 46.

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