(n)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.sea mat, moss animal, sea moss, polyzoan
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(Zool.) (a) A dorsibranchiate annelid, belonging to Aphrodite and allied genera, having long, slender, hairlike setae on the sides. (b) The dunlin. [ 1913 Webster ]
[いそなで, isonade](n) mythical shark-like demon sea monster with barbed tail fin, said to live off the coast of Matsuura and other places in Western Japan; Beach Stroker[Add to Longdo]