entoproct: Meaning and Definition of

en•to•proct

Pronunciation: (en'tu-prokt"), [key]
— n. Zool.
  1. any of various sessile, chiefly marine, mosslike animals of the phylum Entoprocta (formerly a subphylum of Bryophyta), occasionally solitary polyps but usually forming branching colonies, each individual polyp having an almost closed ring of tentacles within which lie the mouth and anus.
—adj.
  1. belonging or pertaining to the phylum Entoprocta. Also calledCf. ectoproct.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
See also:
entopic Entoprocta
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