bryozoan

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
22
Words With Friends
23
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˌbɹɑɪəˈzəʊən/(US)

Definition of bryozoan

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A member of the phylum Bryozoa of aquatic, usually colonial invertebrates.
    “The blanket of bryozoans also blocks out some of the light needed by the blade for photosynthesis.”
    “Every microscopic individual in a bryozoan colony is a clone of the original animal that settled on the lake floor, and is a hermaphrodite, both male and female.”
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noun

  1. A member of the phylum Bryozoa of aquatic, usually colonial invertebrates.
    “The blanket of bryozoans also blocks out some of the light needed by the blade for photosynthesis.”
    “Every microscopic individual in a bryozoan colony is a clone of the original animal that settled on the lake floor, and is a hermaphrodite, both male and female.”

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Pertaining to the Bryozoa.

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Etymology

From translingual Bryozoa + -an.

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