Definition of "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. (noun)
• Of or belonging to the Bryozoa. (adjective)

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• "The area is underlain by extensive Pleistocene limestones with oolitic and bryozoan facies, overlaid by variable thicknesses of marl and peat, a thin porous crust which filters the surface water percolating to the aquifer."
• "El Nino induced local extinction of coral reef bryozoan species from Northern Bahia, Brazil [An article from: Biological Conservation] by F. Kelmo"
• "In the Gulf of Maine, climate change and sustained overfishing may be acting synergistically, creating an environment that favors invasive species such as the green alga Codium fragile and the bryozoan Membranipora membranacea."