sea mat

noun

1. a popular name for a bryozoan

Example Sentences

Among the latter is the Sea Mat (Flustra), that is so commonly washed up on the shore in great abundance.

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

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

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The common sea-mat (Flustra) is one example of the class, and another—a good type—is called Plumatella.

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