Entoprocta

Entoprocta
/en'teuh prok"teuh/, n.
a small phylum of invertebrates comprising the entoprocts: considered a subphylum of Bryozoa, from which it is distinguished by having the anus of the polyp near the mouth within the crown of tentacles. Also called Endoprocta. Cf. Ectoprocta.
[ < NL, equiv. to ento- ENTO- + -procta < Gk -prokta, neut. pl. of -PROKTOS, adj. deriv. of proktós anus, rectum]

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