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BRYOZOA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Bryozoa mean?
• BRYOZOA (noun)
The noun BRYOZOA has 1 sense:
1. marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids
Familiarity information: BRYOZOA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Bryozoa; phylum Bryozoa; polyzoa
Hypernyms ("Bryozoa" is a kind of...):
phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)
Meronyms (members of "Bryozoa"):
bryozoan; moss animal; polyzoan; sea mat; sea moss (sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding)
Ectoprocta; phylum Ectoprocta (coextensive with or a subphylum of Bryozoa)
Endoprocta; Entoprocta; phylum Entoprocta (sometimes considered a subphylum of Bryozoa)
Holonyms ("Bryozoa" is a member of...):
animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia (taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals)
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