noun
- Plural of polyzoary; colonial marine animals composed of many small individual organisms (zooids) living together in a shared structure.
Usage: zoology; archaic or technical term; modern usage typically employs 'bryozoan colonies' or 'bryozoans'
Examples
- The polyzoaries attached themselves to the rocks in the shallow tide pools.
- Marine biologists studied the polyzoaries to understand colonial animal behavior.
- These delicate polyzoaries form intricate branching structures underwater.
- The fossil record contains many preserved polyzoaries from ancient seas.