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Webster 1913 Edition
Bryozoum
‖
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.).