Meaning of "polyzoan" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD POLYZOAN

From New Latin, Polyzoa class name, from poly- + -zoan, from Greek zoion an animal.

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PRONUNCIATION OF POLYZOAN

polyzoan  [ˌpɒlɪˈzəʊən]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POLYZOAN

Polyzoan can act as a noun and an adjective.

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The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES POLYZOAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bryozoa

Ectoprocta The Bryozoa, also known as Polyzoa, Ectoprocta or commonly as moss animals, are a phylum of aquatic invertebrate animals. Typically about 0.5 millimetres long, they are filter feeders that sieve food particles out of the water using a retractable lophophore, a "crown" of tentacles lined with cilia. Most marine species live in tropical waters, but a few occur in oceanic trenches, and others are found in polar waters. One class lives only in a variety of freshwater environments, and a few members of a mostly marine class prefer brackish water. Over 4,000 living species are known. One genus is solitary and the rest colonial. The phylum was originally called "Polyzoa", but this term was superseded by "Bryozoa" in 1831. Another group of animals discovered subsequently, whose filtering mechanism looked similar, was also included in "Bryozoa" until 1869, when the two groups were noted to be very different internally. The more recently discovered group was given the name Entoprocta, while the original "Bryozoa" were called "Ectoprocta". However, "Bryozoa" has remained the more widely used term for the latter group.

TRANSLATION OF POLYZOAN

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POLYZOAN»

Discover the use of polyzoan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to polyzoan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

12 N.Z. JOURNAL OF GEOI.QGY AND GEOPHYSICS. E257 Polyzoan 1st mid- upper \i' E289 »» »» W E293 »» »». \v. •X' n ft VC E316. vc. E317 Calcareous sst. \x. E335 Polyzoan 1st W E323 Shelly 1st ?w? E325 ?w? B93 Polyzoan 1st ...

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Elementary Paleontology for Geological Students

The polyzoan multiplies sexually and by budding; generally the polypide is hermaphrodite, the ovary and testis occurring in the same individual. Blood vessels and excretory organs are absent in almost all forms. The outer layer of the body ...

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Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Occasionally they fill polyzoan and foraminiferal tests. Primary opaque minerals, other than pyrite, include well-rounded grains of leucoxene-coated ilmenite, more angular euhedra of magnetite, and scattered fragments of carbonaceous ...

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Memoirs

A small polyzoan fauna in which Cyclo. stomata are quite numerous but are outnumbered by Cheilostomata. XI. GLENELG GROUP (Myaring Beds). Marls from Limestone Creek Cliff, south-east corner of Allotment 16, Ph. Werrikoo. ( Micro- ...

Geological Survey of Victoria

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

A POLYZOAN IN THE TORLESSE GROUP NEAR ARTHURS PASS G. R. STEVENS Lower Hutt A single specimen of the polyzoan "Monotrypella" maorica Wilckens has been identified in a sample collected by Mr Guyon Warren, Geological ...

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New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Fine-grained foraminiferal limestone (Faciès A) predominates, but is inter- bedded with a band of coarser-grained sparry polyzoan limestone (Faciès B), in upper part of photograph; different lithology is marked by iriegular flagginess.

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Marine Biology

Experiments on the influence of light on the behaviour of polyzoan larvae. J. exp. Biol. 37, 783-800. ryland, j. s. (1962). The effect of temperature on photic responses of polyzoan larvae. Sarsia 6, 41-8. stubbinGs, H. G. & houGhton, d. R. (1964) ...

D. J. Crisp, 1971

Natural Enemies: The Population Biology of Predators, ...

Thus, adults of the nudibranch Adalaria proxima eat a specific type of polyzoan Electra pilosa, and the larvae of A. proxima will only settle in laboratory containers when the polyzoan is provided (Thompson, 1958). Other cues have been ...

Mick Crawley, 2009

Pollution Ecology of Estuarine Invertebrates

Experiments on the influence of light on the behavior of polyzoan larvae. J. Exp. Biol. 37, 783-800. Ryland, J. S. (1962). The effect of temperature on the photic responses of polyzoan larvae. Sarsia 6, 4-48. Ryland, J. S. (1965). “Catalogue of  ...

C.W. Jr. Hart, 2012

Intertidal Ecology

Ecol., 20, 43-58. Ryland, J.S. (1959) Experiments on the selection of algal substrates by polyzoan larvae. J. exp. Biol., 36, 613-31. Ryland, J.S. (1960) Experiments on the influence of light on the behaviour of polyzoan larvae. J. exp. mar. Biol.

David Raffaelli, 1996