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hornwrack

hornwrack noun: a bryozoan of the genus Flustra, especially species Flustra foliacea.

hornwrack: a bryozoan of the genus Flustra, especially species Flustra foliacea
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Noun

hornwrack (countable and uncountable, plural hornwracks)

  1. A bryozoan of the genus Flustra, especially species Flustra foliacea.
    • 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.2023, H. Gareth Gavin, Never Was, Cipher Press, page 30

Forms of hornwrack

pluralhornwracks

Origin of hornwrack

From horn + wrack.

Questions about hornwrack

What does hornwrack mean?
Hornwrack means a bryozoan of the genus Flustra, especially species Flustra foliacea.
What part of speech is hornwrack?
Hornwrack is a noun.
What is the plural of hornwrack?
The plural of hornwrack is hornwracks.

Words near hornwrack in the dictionary

  1. hornworks
  2. hornworm
  3. hornworms
  4. hornwort
  5. hornworts
  6. hornwrack
  7. hornwracks
  8. horny
  9. horny goat weed
  10. horny jail
  11. horny on main

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