polyzoan

A noun referring to a sessile aquatic animal that forms mossy colonies of small polyps, each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; they attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding.

• 🌐اسم يشير إلى حيوان مائي ثابت يعيش في مستعمرات تشبه الطحلب تتكون من بوليب صغيرة، لكل منها حافة منحنية أو مستديرة مزودة بمجسّات، يلتصق بالصخور أو الطحالب ويتكاثر بالتبرعم.

1. Sessile aquatic animal C2 formal scientific

   A small, colonial aquatic animal that forms moss-like or branching colonies, typically attached to stones, seaweed, or other surfaces. Each individual polyp has a circular or curved ridge bearing tentacles used for filter feeding.

   • Polyzoans are often found encrusting rocks in tidal pools.
   • The reef was covered in a delicate, lace-like colony of polyzoans.
   • Marine biologists study polyzoans to understand colonial animal evolution.
   • Polyzoans reproduce by budding, creating extensive mossy growths on submerged surfaces.

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   المرادفات: bryozoanectoproct

• polyzoans plural form
• polyzoans' possessive plural form
• polyzoan's possessive singular form