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Definition of Ectoprocta
1. Noun. Coextensive with or a subphylum of Bryozoa.
Group relationships: Bryozoa, Phylum Bryozoa, Polyzoa
Member holonyms: Ectoproct
Generic synonyms: Phylum
Definition of Ectoprocta
1. n. pl. An order of Bryozoa in which the anus lies outside the circle of tentacles.
Medical Definition of Ectoprocta
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ectoprocta
Literary usage of Ectoprocta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Text-book of the Embryology of Invertebrates by Eúgen Korschelt, Karl Heider, Edward Laurens Mark, William McMichael Woodworth, Matilda Bernard, Martin Fountain Woodward (1899)
"does not consider that the ectoprocta have any connection with Phoronis, and he
would regard ... regard the ectoprocta and the Entoprocta as nearly related. ..."
2. A Treatise on Comparative Embryology by Francis Maitland Balfour (1885)
"... pole become invagi- 1 The classification of the Polyzoa adopted in this chapter
is shewn in the subjoined table: I. Entoprocta. II. ectoprocta. fa. ..."
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