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bryo·zoan (brī′ō zō′ən, brī′ə-)
noun
any of a phylum (Bryozoa) of minute water animals that form branching, mosslike colonies and reproduce by budding
Etymology: < ModL < Gr bryon, moss + -zo(a) + -an
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