Associations to the word «Ectoproct»

Wiktionary

ECTOPROCT, noun. A Bryozoa or Ectoprocta, a microscopic sessile moss-like aquatic animal (having the anus of the polyp outside the crown of tentacles), forming a colony.

Dictionary definition

ECTOPROCT, noun. Sessile mossy aquatic animal having the anus of the polyp outside the crown of tentacles.

Wise words

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