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Noun: ectoproct
  1. A sessile aquatic invertebrate animal, also known as bryozoan, having the anus outside the crown of tentacles
    "Ectoprocts are a major group of aquatic invertebrates that form colonies"

Derived forms: ectoprocts

Type of: invertebrate

Part of: Ectoprocta, phylum Ectoprocta

Encyclopedia: Ectoproct