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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids [syn: Bryozoa, phylum Bryozoa, polyzoa]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Polyzoa Pol`y*zo"a, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. poly`s many + ? an animal.] (Zo["o]l.) Same as Bryozoa. See Illust. under Bryozoa, and Phylactol[ae]mata.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Polyzoon Pol`y*zo"["o]n, n.; pl. Polyzoa. [NL. See Polyzoan.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the individual zooids forming the compound organism of a polyzoan.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Bryozoa Bry`o*zo"a, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? moss + ? animal.] (Zo["o]l.) A class of Molluscoidea, including minute animals which by budding form compound colonies; -- called also Polyzoa. Note: They are often coralike in form and appearance, each small cell containing an individual zooid. Other species grow in delicate, flexible, branched forms, resembling moss, whence the name. Some are found in fresh water, but most are marine. The three principal divisions are Ectoprocta, Entoprocta, and Pterobranchia. See Cyclostoma, Chilostoma, and Phylactolema.
