HyperDic: ectoproct

English > 1 sense of the word ectoproct:
NOUNanimalectoproctsessile mossy aquatic animal having the anus of the polyp outside the crown of tentacles
English > ectoproct: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningsessile mossy aquatic animal having the anus of the polyp outside the crown of tentacles.
Member ofEctoprocta, phylum Ectoproctacoextensive with or a subphylum of Bryozoa
BroaderinvertebrateAny animal lacking a backbone or notochord
Spanishectoproct
Catalanectoproct

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