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noun
Any marine organism resembling moss
Any such branched marine bryozoan
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any marine organism resembling moss
Certain red algae, such as:
Chondrus crispus (Irish moss, carrageen moss)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any marine organism resembling moss
Certain red algae, such as:
Endocladia muricata (turfweed, nailbrush seaweed)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any marine organism resembling moss
Certain red algae, such as:
Kappaphycus alvarezii (elkhorn sea moss)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any marine organism resembling moss
Certain red algae, such as:
Palmaria palmata (dulse)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any marine organism resembling moss
Certain green algae, such as
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any marine organism resembling moss
Certain green algae, such as
Bryopsis africana, a green alga
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
any of various red algae having graceful rose to purple fronds (e.g. dulse or carrageen)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: red algae
noun
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 budding
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bryozoan, polyzoan, sea mat, moss animal
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Broader terms: invertebrate
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