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polyzoan (s) (noun), polyzoans (pl)
An obsolete term for minute water colonial invertebrates; bryozoan: Polyzoans are animals that form branching, mosslike colonies, and reproduce by budding.
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polyzoan (adjective), more polyzoan, most polyzoan
A reference to marine animals that form colonies of zooids: In Jane's biology book she read about polyzoan lifeforms that grouped together as the moss-animalcules, sea mosses, or sea-mats do.
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