Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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}.
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.
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}.
Source : WordNet®
polyzoa
n : marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids
[syn: {Bryozoa}, {phylum Bryozoa}]
polyzoan
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: {bryozoan}, {sea mat}, {sea moss}, {moss
animal}]
[also: {polyzoa} (pl)]
polyzoa
See {polyzoan}