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Polyzoan

Definition: Polyzoan

Polyzoan

Noun

1. Sessile aquatic animal forming mosslike colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Polyzoan

Synonyms: bryozoan (n), moss animal (n), sea mat (n), sea moss (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Polyzoan

English words defined with "polyzoan": Polyzoary, Polyzoon. (references)

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Derivations: Polyzoan

Derivations

Words beginning with "polyzoan": polyzoans. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Polyzoan"

Words rhyming with "polyzoan" (pronounced 'Pol`y*zo"an'): Achean, Achillean, Adamantean, Adonean, AEgean, Alloxan, Amebean, Amoebean, Amphigean, Andean, Antaean, Anthozoan, Apogean, Archimedean, Argean, Argoan, Assidean, Astraean, Atlantean, Augean, Basan, Biscayan, Bryozoan, Cabirean, Cadmean, Chaldean, Chian, Chouan, Circean, Clachan, Colossean, Cowan, Cyclopean, Cytherean, Dantean, Genian, Gigantean, Iroquoian, Lernean, Lethean, Lochan, Logan, Lyncean, Maccabean, Mausolean, Medicean, metazoan, Murexan, Neogaean, Nymphean. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Polyzoan

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-l-n-o-o-p-y-z"

-2 letters: zoonal.

-3 letters: azlon, loony, loopy, nopal, pylon, yapon, zonal.

-4 letters: azon, lazy, loan, loon, loop, nolo, only, oozy, opal, paly, plan, play, ploy, polo, poly, pony, pool, poon, zany, zoon.

-5 letters: alp, any, azo, lap, lay, loo, lop, nap, nay, noo, pal, pan, pay, ply, pol, pya, yap, yon, zap, zoa, zoo.

 Words containing the letters "a-l-n-o-o-p-y-z"
 

+1 letter: polyzoans.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Polyzoan


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 6F 6C 79 7A 6F 61 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01101111 01101100 01111001 01111010 01101111 01100001 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#111 &#108 &#121 &#122 &#111 &#97 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 006F 006C 0079 007A 006F 0061 006E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5081789192816780

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Derivations
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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