HyperDic: entoproct

English > 1 sense of the word *entoproct*:
NOUN	animal	entoproct	any of various moss-like aquatic animals usually forming branching colonies

English > *entoproct*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	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.
Member of	Entoprocta, phylum Entoprocta, Endoprocta	sometimes considered a subphylum of Bryozoa
Broader	invertebrate	Any animal lacking a backbone or notochord
Spanish	entoproct