POLYZOAN

bryozoan, polyzoan, sea mat, sea moss, moss animal

(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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

polyzoan (comparative more polyzoan, superlative most polyzoan)

(zoology, obsolete) bryozoan

Noun

polyzoan (plural polyzoans)

(zoology, obsolete) A bryozoan.

Source: Wiktionary


Pol`y*zo"an, n. (Zoöl.) (a) Any species of Polyzoa; one of the Polyzoa. (b) A polyzoön.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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7 June 2025

PARSEC

(noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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