NOUN | animal | entoproct | any of various moss-like aquatic animals usually forming branching colonies |
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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. | |
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Member of | Entoprocta, phylum Entoprocta, Endoprocta | sometimes considered a subphylum of Bryozoa |
Broader | invertebrate | Any animal lacking a backbone or notochord |
Spanish | entoproct |
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