dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/bry_MW.json
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{
"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"
}
}