ECTOPROCTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ectoprocta mean? 

• ECTOPROCTA (noun)
  The noun ECTOPROCTA has 1 sense:

1. coextensive with or a subphylum of Bryozoa

  Familiarity information: ECTOPROCTA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ECTOPROCTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coextensive with or a subphylum of Bryozoa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ectoprocta; phylum Ectoprocta

Hypernyms ("Ectoprocta" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "Ectoprocta"):

ectoproct (sessile mossy aquatic animal having the anus of the polyp outside the crown of tentacles)

Holonyms ("Ectoprocta" is a member of...):

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