bryozoan: Any of various small aquatic animals of the phylum
Bryozoa that reproduce by budding and form mosslike or branching colonies permanently attached to stones or seaweed. Also called
moss animal, polyzoan.
moss animal: See
bryozoan.
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
http://www.bartleby.com/61/92/B0519200.htmlhttp://www.bartleby.com/61/47/M0434700.htmlbryozoan: Aquatic invertebrate of the phylum
Bryozoa (“
moss animals”), members (called zooids) of which form colonies. Each zooid is a complete and fully organized animal. Species range in size from a one-zooid “colony” small enough (less than 0.04 in., or 1 mm, long) to live between sand particles to colonies that hang in clumps or chains as much as a 1.6 ft (0.5 m) across. The texture of colonies varies from soft and gelatinous to hard with calcium-containing skeletons. Freshwater bryozoans attach primarily to leaves, stems, and tree roots in shallow water. Marine bryozoans have a wide range of habitats, from coastal areas to great ocean depths, but are most common just below the tidemarks. Bryozoans feed by capturing plankton with their tentacles.
moss animal: also called
bryozoan, any member of the phylum
Bryozoa (also called Polyzoa or Ectoprocta), in which there are probably more than 4,000 extant species. The bryozoans are a widely distributed, aquatic, invertebrate group of animals whose members form colonies composed of numerous units called zooids (hence the term Polyzoa, which means “many animals”). ...
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http://www.britannica.com/ebc/article-9358185http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9110248/...Moostierchen Pl. eine Klasse der Tentakeltiere (Aus: Wahrig Rechtschreibung)
Moostierchen [n. 7] (oft in Kolonien, die moosähnliche Überzüge bilden, lebendes) mikroskopisch kleines, wirbelloses Tier (Aus: Bertelsmann Wörterbuch)
http://www20.wissen.de/wde/generator/wissen/r...Moostierchen, koloniebildende Kleinlebewesen mit Fangarmen, v. a. im Meer. (Aus: Brockhaus in einem Band)
Moostierchen, Bryozoen,
Bryozoa, festsitzende, koloniebildende Bewohner des Meeres und Süßwassers. Jedes Moostierchen besitzt einen Fangarmkranz, ... (Aus: Brockhaus in 15 Bänden)
http://www.brockhaus.de/wissen/moostierchenMoostierchen, das : kleines, in sehr vielen Arten im Wasser, bes. im Meer ... (Aus: Duden - Deutsches Universalwörterbuch)
http://www.duden.de/duden-suche/werke/fx/000/...Bryozoon das; -s,...zoen (zu gr. zoon "Lebewesen"):
Moostierchen (in Kolonien festsitzendes kleines Wassertier)
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