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ECTOPROCT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ectoproct mean?
• ECTOPROCT (noun)
The noun ECTOPROCT has 1 sense:
1. sessile mossy aquatic animal having the anus of the polyp outside the crown of tentacles
Familiarity information: ECTOPROCT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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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