Hornwrack
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A bryozoan of the genus Flustra, especially species Flustra foliacea. countable, uncountable
"For the time being the tide was […] burying the hornwracks, which were easily mistaken for seaweed but which really were tiny bryozoans, or moss animals."
Example
More examples"For the time being the tide was […] burying the hornwracks, which were easily mistaken for seaweed but which really were tiny bryozoans, or moss animals."
Etymology
From horn + wrack.
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