Eschara

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Eschara \Es"cha*ra\, prop. n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a grate, a pan of
     coals.] (Zo["o]l.)
     A genus of Bryozoa which produce delicate corals, often
     incrusting like lichens, but sometimes branched.
     [1913 Webster]