Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sea_moss

2 senses of sea moss

Sense 1
bryozoan, polyzoan, sea mat, sea moss, moss animal -- (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)
       => invertebrate -- (any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification)

Sense 2
sea moss -- (any of various red algae having graceful rose to purple fronds (e.g. dulse or carrageen))
       => red algae -- (marine algae in which the chlorophyll is masked by a red or purplish pigment; source of agar and carrageenan)