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Hornwrack :: Hornwrack (n.) A bryozoan of the genus Flustra.

Chilostomata :: Chilostomata (n. pl.) An extensive suborder of marine Bryozoa, mostly with calcareous shells. They have a movable lip and a lid to close the aperture of the cells..

Pedicellina :: Pedicellina (n.) A genus of Bryozoa, of the order Entoprocta, having a bell-shaped body supported on a slender pedicel. See Illust. under Entoprocta..

Polyzoa :: Polyzoa (n. pl.) Same as Bryozoa. See Illust. under Bryozoa, and Phylactolaemata..

Podostomata :: Podostomata (n. pl.) An order of Bryozoa of which Rhabdopleura is the type. See Rhabdopleura.

Coenoecium :: Coenoecium (n.) The common tissue which unites the various zooids of a bryozoan.

Epistome :: Epistome (n.) A liplike organ that covers the mouth, in most Bryozoa. See Illust., under Entoprocta..

Zooid :: Zooid (n.) One of the individual animals in a composite group, as of Anthozoa, Hydroidea, and Bryozoa; -- sometimes restricted to those individuals in which the mouth and digestive organs are not developed..

Avicularia :: Avicularia (n. pl.) See prehensile processes on the cells of some Bryozoa, often having the shape of a bird's bill..

Rhabdopleura :: Rhabdopleura (n.) A genus of marine Bryozoa in which the tubular cells have a centralchitinous axis and the tentacles are borne on a bilobed lophophore. It is the type of the order Pterobranchia, or Podostomata.

Vesicularia :: Vesicularia (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine Bryozoa belonging to Vesicularia and allied genera. They have delicate tubular cells attached in clusters to slender flexible stems.

Coralline :: Coralline (n.) Formerly any slender coral-like animal; -- sometimes applied more particulary to bryozoan corals.

Bryozoum :: Bryozoum (n.) An individual zooid of a bryozoan coralline, of which there may be two or more kinds in a single colony. The zooecia usually have a wreath of tentacles around the mouth, and a well developed stomach and intestinal canal; but these parts are lacking in the other zooids (Avicularia, Ooecia, etc.)..

Pterobranchia :: Pterobranchia (n. pl.) An order of marine Bryozoa, having a bilobed lophophore and an axial cord. The genus Rhabdopleura is the type. Called also Podostomata. See Rhabdopleura..

Bryozoan :: Bryozoan (n.) One of the Bryozoa.

Stoloniferous :: Stolon (n.) An extension of the integument of the body, or of the body wall, from which buds are developed, giving rise to new zooids, and thus forming a compound animal in which the zooids usually remain united by the stolons. Such stolons are often present in Anthozoa, Hydroidea, Bryozoa, and social ascidians. See Illust. under Scyphistoma..

Ectocyst :: Ectocyst (n.) The outside covering of the Bryozoa.

Sea Moss :: Sea moss () Any branched marine bryozoan resembling moss.

Endocyst :: Endocyst (n.) The inner layer of the cells of Bryozoa.

Lunulite :: Lunulite (n.) Any bryozoan of the genus Lunulites, having a more or less circular form..

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