VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / chilostomata

Thesaurus: chilostomata

An extensive suborder of marine Bryozoa, mostly with calcareous shells. They have a movable lip and a lid to close the aperture of the cells.

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

aperturedefinitionbryozoadefinitioncalcareousdefinitioncellsdefinitionclosedefinitionextensivedefinitionmarinedefinitionmostlydefinitionmovabledefinitionshellsdefinitionsuborderdefinitiontheydefinitionchilognathfamilychilognathafamilychilomafamilyChilomastixfamilyChilomeniscus cinctusfamilychilopodfamilychilopodafamilyChilopsis linearisfamilychilostomafamilychilostomatousfamilychillyneighborchiltern hundredsneighborchiltomaneighborChilubaneighborChilulaneighborchimaeraneighbor

Definitions

  1. n. pl. An extensive suborder of marine Bryozoa, mostly with calcareous shells. They have a movable lip and a lid to close the aperture of the cells.