The Collaborative International Dictionary
Eschara
Eschara \Es"cha*ra\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a grate, a pan of coals.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of Bryozoa which produce delicate corals, often incrusting like lichens, but sometimes branched.
Usage examples of "eschara".
Several genera (Flustra Eschara, Cellaria, Crisia, and others) agree in having singular moveable organs (like those of Flustra avicularia, foun in the European seas) attached to their cells.