hornwrack

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noun

A bryozoan of the genus Flustra, especially species Flustra foliacea.

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Meanings

nounhornwrack (countable and uncountable, plural hornwracks)

plural hornwracks

  1. countableuncountablebiologyA 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

Origin

From horn + wrack.

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hornwrack. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hornwrack

MLA

“hornwrack.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hornwrack. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hornwrack,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hornwrack.

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