Ectoprocta

[ ek-tuh-prok-tuh ]

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noun

the phylum Bryozoa, especially as distinguished from the phylum Entoprocta by a body plan having the anus of the polyp outside the crown of tentacles.

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< New Latin, equivalent to Greek ekto- ecto- + -��ō��ٲ�, neuter plural of -��ō��ٴǲ�, adj. derivative of ��ō��ó�� anus; procto-

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