コケムシ

noun

moss animal; bryozoan

Refers to any animal of the phylum Bryozoa. A technical term in zoology, but also encountered in general contexts.

• コケムシは小ちいさな群ぐん体たいを作つくる水すい生せい動どう物ぶつだ。

  Bryozoans are small aquatic animals that form colonies.

• 海かい岸がんの岩いわにコケムシが付ふ着ちゃくしていた。

  Bryozoans were attached to the rocks on the shore.