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Webster 1913 Edition


Bryozoum

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Bryˊo-zo′um

,
Noun.
[NL. See
Bryozoa
.]
(Zool.)
An individual zooid of a bryozoan coralline, of which there may be two or more kinds in a single colony. The zoœcia 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
,
Oœcia
, etc.).