{ "Brythonic":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": of, relating to, or characteristic of the division of the Celtic languages that includes Welsh, Cornish, and Breton":[], ": the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages \u2014 see Indo-European Languages Table":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "bri-\u02c8th\u00e4-nik" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Welsh Brython Briton, Britons (from British Celtic *britton- ) + -ic entry 1":"Adjective" }, "first_known_use":{ "1884, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective", "1879, in the meaning defined above":"Noun" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-031936" }, "bryozoan":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": any of a phylum (Bryozoa) of aquatic mostly marine invertebrate animals that reproduce by budding and usually form permanently attached branched or mossy colonies":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccbr\u012b-\u0259-\u02c8z\u014d-\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Then there are the bryozoans , a phylum of animals all its own. \u2014 Joanna Klein, New York Times , 31 Mar. 2020", "The most common critters were bryozoans \u2014tiny invertebrates. \u2014 Mark Fischetti, Scientific American , 30 Aug. 2019", "Hunter speculates that crinoid rafts could have ferried additional stowaways including plants, bryozoans and crustaceans. \u2014 Raleigh Mcelvery, Smithsonian , 12 Aug. 2019", "Other species found on shorelines included clams, ballan wrasse and ling, bryozoans and a harbour porpoise. \u2014 Sean Rossman, USA TODAY , 6 Mar. 2018", "The warm coastal waters surrounding Gondwana were perfect for new kinds of animals, like brachiopods, crinoids, ostracodes, cephalopods, corals, and bryozoans . \u2014 Annalee Newitz, Ars Technica , 21 Nov. 2017", "According to Peter Dockrill of Science Alert, the blob is a type of bryozoan , which begin life as a single invertebrate organism. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian , 7 Sep. 2017", "Ian Walker is a biology professor at the University of British Columbia who has studied bryozoans . \u2014 Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic , 31 Aug. 2017", "After the first bryozoan sighting in Stanley Park, others were spotted in the pond. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian , 7 Sep. 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin Bryozoa , from Greek bryon + New Latin -zoa":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1851, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-080424" }, "Brython":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a member of the British branch of Celts : briton":[], ": a speaker of one of the Brythonic languages \u2014 compare goidel":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8bri\u02ccth\u00e4n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Welsh":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-083225" }, "bry-":{ "type":[ "combining form" ], "definitions":{ ": moss":[ "Bry aceae", "bry ology" ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, moss, from Greek bryo- moss, catkin, from bryon ; perhaps akin to Old High German kr\u016bt herb, cabbage":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-172742" }, "bryozoologist":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a specialist on the Bryozoa":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u00a6br\u012b\u0259 +" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "blend of New Latin Bryozoa and English zoologist":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020515" } }