different between colony vs bryozoan

English

Etymology

From Latin col?nia (“colony”), from col?nus (“farmer; colonist”), from col? (“till, cultivate, worship”), from earlier *quel?, from Proto-Indo-European *k?el- (“to move; to turn (around)”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?.l?.ni/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?.l?.ni/, /?k?.l?.ni/

Noun

colony (plural colonies)

1. A governmental unit created on land of another country owned by colonists from a country.
2. A settlement of emigrants who move to a new place, but remain culturally tied to their place of origin
3. Region or governmental unit created by another country and generally ruled by another country.

4. (India) An apartment complex or neighborhood.

5. A group of people with the same interests or ethnic origin concentrated in a particular geographic area

6. (biology) A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association.

7. A local group of Beaver Scouts.

Derived terms

Related terms

• Cologne (city, n.)
• Crown colony
• cult
• culture

Translations

See also

• metropole

English

Etymology

From Bryozoa +? -an.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?b?????z???n/

Noun

bryozoan (plural bryozoans)

1. (zoology) A member of the phylum Bryozoa of aquatic, usually colonial invertebrates. [from 19th c.]
   • 1991, Martha Holmes, Sea Trek, BBC Books, p. 79:

     The blanket of bryozoans also blocks out some of the light needed by the blade for photosynthesis.

Synonyms

• ectoproct (dated), polyzoan (obsolete), moss animal (uncommon)

Translations

Adjective

bryozoan (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Pertaining to the Bryozoa. [from 19th c.]

Synonyms

• polyzoan, polyzoic (both obsolete)

Related terms

• bryozoon