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sea scurf

sea scurf noun: any bryozoan which forms colonies of rounded or irregular patches found on coral on stones, seaweeds, etc. Originally classified in the now obsolete genus Lepralia, they include diverse bryozoa such as Cryptosula pallasiana.

Noun

sea scurf (countable and uncountable, plural sea scurfs)

  1. (archaic) Any bryozoan which forms colonies of rounded or irregular patches found on coral on stones, seaweeds, etc. Originally classified in the now obsolete genus Lepralia, they include diverse bryozoa such as Cryptosula pallasiana.

Forms of sea scurf

pluralsea scurfs

Questions about sea scurf

What does sea scurf mean?
Sea scurf means any bryozoan which forms colonies of rounded or irregular patches found on coral on stones, seaweeds, etc. Originally classified in the now obsolete genus Lepralia, they include diverse bryozoa such as Cryptosula pallasiana.
What part of speech is sea scurf?
Sea scurf is a noun.
What is the plural of sea scurf?
The plural of sea scurf is sea scurfs.

Words near sea scurf in the dictionary

  1. sea scorpion
  2. sea scorpions
  3. Sea Scout
  4. Sea Scouting
  5. Sea Scouts
  6. sea scurf
  7. sea scurfs
  8. sea serpent
  9. sea serpents
  10. sea shanties
  11. sea shanty

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