Medical Definition of Phylactolaemata
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An order of fresh water Bryozoa in which the tentacles are arranged on a horseshoe-shaped lophophore, and the mouth is covered by an epistome.
Synonym: Lophopoda, and hippocrepians.
Origin: NL, fr. Gr. To guard + the gullet.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phylactolaemata
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