sea mat

sea mat

n (Animals) a popular name for a bryozoan

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Noun

1.sea mat - 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 buddingbryozoan, moss animal, polyzoan, sea mossinvertebrate - any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classificationBryozoa, phylum Bryozoa, polyzoa - marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids