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Definition of moss animal in English: moss animalnoun A sedentary colonial aquatic animal found chiefly in the sea, either encrusting rocks, seaweeds, or other surfaces, or forming stalked fronds. Each minute zooid filter-feeds by means of a crown of ciliated tentacles (lophophore). 苔藓动物。亦称 bryozoan，polyzoan，ectoproct Phylum Bryozoa (or Polyzoa, Ectoprocta) Also called bryozoan, polyzoan, ectoproct Example sentencesExamples - Similar to sponges, but with tentacles, moss animals or bryozoans are strange creatures.
- Bryozoans, or ‘moss animals,’ are aquatic, mostly marine, colonial organisms, superficially rather like coral.
- A little deeper than 10m, velvety mounds of soft coral, sponges, tunicates and moss animals are densely packed together.
- They were subsequently found to be colonies of bryozoans (moss animals), which are normally found firmly attached to rocks.
- Other fossils commonly found in the formation include Brachiopods, corals, moss animals, and Crinoids or sea-lilies.
Definition of moss animal in US English: moss animalnoun A sedentary colonial aquatic animal found chiefly in the sea, either encrusting rocks, seaweeds, or other surfaces, or forming stalked fronds. Each minute zooid filter-feeds by means of a crown of ciliated tentacles (lophophore). 苔藓动物。亦称 bryozoan，polyzoan，ectoproct Phylum Bryozoa (or Polyzoa, Ectoprocta) Example sentencesExamples - Similar to sponges, but with tentacles, moss animals or bryozoans are strange creatures.
- They were subsequently found to be colonies of bryozoans (moss animals), which are normally found firmly attached to rocks.
- A little deeper than 10m, velvety mounds of soft coral, sponges, tunicates and moss animals are densely packed together.
- Bryozoans, or ‘moss animals,’ are aquatic, mostly marine, colonial organisms, superficially rather like coral.
- Other fossils commonly found in the formation include Brachiopods, corals, moss animals, and Crinoids or sea-lilies.
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