PHYLUM ENTOPROCTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phylum Entoprocta mean? 

• PHYLUM ENTOPROCTA (noun)
  The noun PHYLUM ENTOPROCTA has 1 sense:

1. sometimes considered a subphylum of Bryozoa

  Familiarity information: PHYLUM ENTOPROCTA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHYLUM ENTOPROCTA (noun)

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Meaning:

Sometimes considered a subphylum of Bryozoa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Endoprocta; Entoprocta; phylum Entoprocta

Hypernyms ("phylum Entoprocta" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "phylum 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 ("phylum Entoprocta" is a member of...):

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