"bryozoan" in the noun sense
1. bryozoan, polyzoan, sea mat, sea moss, moss animal
sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding
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