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ECTOPROCT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sessile mossy aquatic animal having the anus of the polyp outside the crown of tentacles
Classified under:
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)