BRYOZOA
Bry`o*zo"a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A class of Molluscoidea, including minute animals which by budding form compound colonies; — called also Polyzoa.
Note: They are often coralike in form and appearance, each small cell containing an individual zooid. Other species grow in delicate, flexible, branched forms, resembling moss, whence the name. Some are found in fresh water, but most are marine. The three principal divisions are Ectoprocta, Entoprocta, and Pterobranchia. See Cyclostoma, Chilostoma, and Phylactolema.
BRYOZOAN
Bry`o*zo"an, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Bryozoa.
— n.
Defn: One of the Bryozoa.
BRYOZOUM
Bry`o*zo"um, n. Etym: [NL. See Bryozoa.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An individual zooid of a bryozoan coralline, of which there may be two or more kinds in a single colony. The zooecia 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, Ooecia, etc.).
BUANSUAH
Bu`an*su"ah, n. Etym: [Native name.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The wild dog of northern India (Cuon primævus), supposed by some to be an ancestral species of the domestic dog.