Lexic.us

Definition of Sea mat

1. 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.

Medical Definition of Sea mat

1. Any bryozoan of the genus Flustra or allied genera which form frondlike corals. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sea Mat

Literary usage of Sea mat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Evenings at the Microscope: Or, Researches Among the Minuter Organs and by Philip Henry Gosse (1872)
"The spines LEAFY SEA-MAT. (A portion magnified.) projecting obliquely would interfere with the gaping of the door; and hence they are invariably absent ..."

2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1881)
"On the contrary, each member of the sea-mat colony is perfectly distinct from all its neighbours, and lives enclosed in its separate domicile. ..."

3. Chapters on Evolution by Andrew Wilson (1883)
"On the contrary, each member of the sea-mat colony is perfectly distinct from all its neighbours, and lives enclosed in its separate domicile. ..."

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