bryozoan

• Существительное, обозначающее сидячее водное животное, образующее мшистые колонии из маленьких полипов, каждый из которых имеет изогнутый или круглый гребень со щупальцами; они прикрепляются к камням или водорослям и размножаются почкованием.

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.

1. Aquatic colonial animalC2formalscientific

   A small, sessile aquatic invertebrate that forms moss-like colonies of tiny polyps, each with a lophophore (a crown of tentacles) used for filter feeding. They attach to hard surfaces like stones, shells, or seaweed and reproduce by budding.

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   • The bryozoan colony on the rock looked like a delicate, branching moss.
   • Marine biologists studied the bryozoan's feeding behavior using a microscope.
   • Fossilized bryozoans are common in limestone deposits from the Paleozoic era.
   • The aquarium's filter system was clogged by a fast-growing bryozoan species.

   Synonymsectoproctpolyzoan