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

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

From The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development by Hertwig, Oscar

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

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

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

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

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

When the cable between France and Algiers was taken up from a depth of eighteen hundred fathoms, there came with it an Oyster, Cockle-shells, Annelid tubes, Bryozoa and Sea-fans.

From Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. by Agassiz, Alexander