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 

• ECTOPROCT (noun)

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)