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An extinct genus of Bryzoa characteristic of the subcarboniferous rocks. Its form is that of a screw.

• Characteristic
  Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive.
• SCREWCUTTING
  Adapted for forming a screw by cutting; as, a screw-cutting lathe.
• Characteristical
  Characteristic.
• Characteristically
  In a characteristic manner; in a way that characterizes.
• Screw-cutting
  Adapted for forming a screw by cutting; as, a screw-cutting lathe.
• Screw-driver
  A tool for turning screws so as to drive them into their place. It has a thin end which enters the nick in the head of the screw.
• Subcarboniferous
  Of or pertaining to the lowest division of the Carboniferous formations underlying the proper coal measures. It was a marine formation characterized in general by beds of limestone.

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