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Sessile aquatic animal forming mosslike colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles
Answer for the clue "Sessile aquatic animal forming mosslike colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles ", 8 letters:
bryozoan
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context zoology English) Pertaining to bryozoa. n. 1 (context zoology English) A bryozoon. 2 (context zoology English) A member of a bryozoan colony.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. sessile aquatic animal forming mosslike colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding [syn: polyzoan , sea mat , sea moss , moss animal ] [also: bryozoa (pl)]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bryozoan \Bry`o*zo"an\, a. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Bryozoa. -- n. One of the Bryozoa. [1913 Webster] ||
Usage examples of bryozoan.
Was it to the mollusks, from the cephalopodes to the bryozoans, that he had given his preference, and had malacology no more secrets for him?