entoproct

noun

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

• Hypernyms: ↑invertebrate

• Member Holonyms: ↑Entoprocta, ↑phylum Entoprocta, ↑Endoprocta

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I. \\ˈentəˌpräkt\ adjective

Etymology: New Latin Entoprocta

: of or relating to the Entoprocta

II. noun (-s)

: an animal of the phylum Entoprocta

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/en"teuh prokt'/, 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.

2. belonging or pertaining to the phylum Entoprocta. Also called endoproct. Cf. ectoproct.

[1935-40; see ENTOPROCTA]

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enˈtoproct noun

A member of the Entoprocˈta, a phylum of marine invertebrates living mainly in coastal waters

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Main Entry: ↑ento-