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PHYLUM ECTOPROCTA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Coextensive with or a subphylum of Bryozoa

Synonyms:

Ectoprocta; phylum Ectoprocta

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("phylum Ectoprocta" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "phylum Ectoprocta"):

ectoproct (sessile mossy aquatic animal having the anus of the polyp outside the crown of tentacles)

Holonyms ("phylum Ectoprocta" is a member of...):

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

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