polyzoan, a. and n. Zool.
(pɒlɪˈzəʊən)
[f. Polyzoa + -an.]
a. adj. Belonging to or having the character of the Polyzoa; = bryozoan a. and n. b. n. A polyzoan animal, a polyzoon; an individual polyp or zooid of a polyzoan colony.
| 1856 P. H. Gosse Man. Marine Zool. Brit. Isles II. 5 A tiny Annelid or other animal, caught by the bird's-head of a Polyzoan and tightly held, would presently die. 1864 Webster, Polyzoan, one of a compound group among the Bryozoa... Dana. 1880 T. Hincks Hist. Brit. Marine Polyzoa I. p. xvii, The tentacular sheath is an important element..of the ordinary Polyzoan type. 1924 S. J. Hickson Introd. Study Recent Corals viii. 159 Zooecia..build up the various kinds of branching, net-like, or encrusting structures of the Polyzoan corals. 1959 Jrnl. Exper. Biol. XXXVI. 613 (heading) Experiments on the selection of algal substrates by polyzoan larvae. |