hornwrack en · NOUN
Etymology
From horn + wrack.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A bryozoan of the genus Flustra, especially species Flustra foliacea.
For the time being the tide was […] burying the hornwracks, which were easily mistaken for seaweed but which really were tiny bryozoans, or moss animals.
2023, H. Gareth Gavin, Never Was, Cipher Press, page 30:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hornwracks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |