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plural bryozoans
(zoology) A member of the phylum Bryozoa of aquatic, usually colonial invertebrates. quotations
The blanket of bryozoans also blocks out some of the light needed by the blade for photosynthesis.
1991, Martha Holmes, Sea Trek, BBC Books, page 79
Every microscopic individual in a bryozoan colony is a clone of the original animal that settled on the lake floor, and is a hermaphrodite, both male and female.
2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 163
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(zoology) Pertaining to the Bryozoa.