bryozoan
/ˌbɹɑɪəˈzəʊən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to the Bryozoa.
Example Sentences
- "The blanket of bryozoans also blocks out some of the light needed by the blade for photosynthesis."
- "Every microscopic individual in a bryozoan colony is a clone of the original animal that settled on the lake floor, and is a hermaphrodite, both male and female."
Etymology
From Translingual Bryozoa + English -an.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌbɹɑɪəˈzəʊən/