ECTOPROCT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Sessile mossy aquatic animal having the anus of the polyp outside the crown of tentacles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("ectoproct" is a kind of...):

invertebrate (any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification)

Holonyms ("ectoproct" is a member of...):

Ectoprocta; phylum Ectoprocta (coextensive with or a subphylum of Bryozoa)

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