Bryozoa

American  

[brahy-uh-zoh-uh] / ˌbraɪ əˈzoʊ ə /

noun

1. a phylum of invertebrates comprising about 4000 marine and freshwater species of bryozoans.

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Etymology

Origin of Bryozoa

From New Latin, dating back to 1840–50; see origin at bryo-, -zoa

Example Sentences

Bryozoa, "moss-animals," from some forming cells having that appearance.

From Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations by Slack, Henry J.

Bryozoa of Mountain Limestone. — and polyzoa, terms explained.

From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

Besides these, there were the Bryozoa, a small kind of Mollusk allied to the Clams, and very busy then in the ancient Coral work.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 66, April, 1863 by Various

Such stolons are often present in Anthozoa, Hydroidea, Bryozoa, and social ascidians.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section S by Project Gutenberg

They entered on the stage in immense abundance in the Siluro-Cambrian, where considerable limestones are largely composed of their remains, mixed, however, and sometimes overpowered with those of Bryozoa and Hydroids.

From The Chain of Life in Geological Time A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants by Dawson, Sir J. William