sea mat

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sea mat - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sea mat \Sea" mat`\ (Zool.)
     Any bryozoan of the genus Flustra or allied genera which
     form frondlike corals.
     [1913 Webster]

sea mat - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sea mat
      n 1: 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 [syn: bryozoan, polyzoan, sea mat, sea moss
           , moss animal]