1.
[syn: bryozoan, polyzoan, sea mat, sea moss, moss animal]
2. any of various red algae having graceful rose to purple fronds (e.g. dulse or carrageen);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sea moss \Sea" moss`\ (?; 115). (Zool.)
Any branched marine bryozoan resembling moss.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sea moss
n 1: sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small
polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing
tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by
budding [syn: bryozoan, polyzoan, sea mat, sea
moss, moss animal]
2: any of various red algae having graceful rose to purple
fronds (e.g. dulse or carrageen)