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ENTOPROCTA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Sometimes considered a subphylum of Bryozoa

Synonyms:

Endoprocta; Entoprocta; phylum Entoprocta

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Entoprocta" is a kind of...):

phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)

Meronyms (members of "Entoprocta"):

entoproct (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)

Holonyms ("Entoprocta" is a member of...):

Bryozoa; phylum Bryozoa; polyzoa (marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids)

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