ECTOPROCTA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Coextensive with or a subphylum of Bryozoa

Synonyms:

Ectoprocta; phylum Ectoprocta

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)

Meronyms (members of "Ectoprocta"):

ectoproct (sessile mossy aquatic animal having the anus of the polyp outside the crown of tentacles)

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

Bryozoa; phylum Bryozoa; polyzoa (marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids)