Lexic.us

Definition of Moss animal

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.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Moss Animal

Literary usage of Moss animal

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

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The names, "sea-anemone," "moss-animal," "zoophyte,0 and the like, show the popular error or doubt as to these forms. The relationship of the minute or even ..."

2. Annual Record of Science and Industry for 1871-78 by Spencer Fullerton Baird (1874)
"It is a small creeping "moss-animal," which at intervals sends up.tubes in which the individuals live. These individuals differ in nearly all their ..."

3. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1888)
"Well, the whirlpool about each moss-animal is equally terrible, in its way, to the little creatures swimming in the water ; for if they once come within ..."

4. Annual Record of Science and Industry by Spencer Fullerton Baird (1875)
"It is a small creeping "moss-animal," which at intervals sends up tubes in which the individuals live. These individuals differ in nearly all their ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The names, "sea-anemone," "moss-animal," "zoophyte,0 and the like, show the popular error or doubt as to these forms. The relationship of the minute or even ..."

6. Annual Record of Science and Industry for 1871-78 by Spencer Fullerton Baird (1874)
"It is a small creeping "moss-animal," which at intervals sends up.tubes in which the individuals live. These individuals differ in nearly all their ..."

7. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1888)
"Well, the whirlpool about each moss-animal is equally terrible, in its way, to the little creatures swimming in the water ; for if they once come within ..."

8. Annual Record of Science and Industry by Spencer Fullerton Baird (1875)
"It is a small creeping "moss-animal," which at intervals sends up tubes in which the individuals live. These individuals differ in nearly all their ..."

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