Associations to the word «Bryozoa»

Wiktionary

BRYOZOA, proper noun. A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Protostomia   — the polyzoa or moss animals, small aquatic invertebrates filter-feeding animals, almost all of which are colonial, both the individuals and the colonies taking many forms.
BRYOZOA, noun. Plural of bryozoon
BRYOZOA, noun. Plural of bryozoum

Dictionary definition

BRYOZOA, noun. Marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats