moss animal (redirected from Moss animals)

moss animal

n.

See bryozoan.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

moss animal - sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding bryozoan, polyzoan, sea mat, sea moss invertebrate - any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification Bryozoa, phylum Bryozoa, polyzoa - marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids