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ENTOPROCTA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sometimes considered a subphylum of Bryozoa
Synonyms:
Endoprocta; Entoprocta; phylum Entoprocta
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Entoprocta" is a kind of...):
phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)
Meronyms (members of "Entoprocta"):
entoproct (any of various moss-like aquatic animals usually forming branching colonies; each polyp having a both mouth and anus within a closed ring of tentacles)
Holonyms ("Entoprocta" is a member of...):
Bryozoa; phylum Bryozoa; polyzoa (marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids)