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Noun: entoproct
  1. Any of various moss-like aquatic animals usually forming branching colonies; each polyp having a both mouth and anus within a closed ring of tentacles
    "Entoprocts were once classified with bryozoans but are now considered a separate phylum"

Derived forms: entoprocts

Type of: invertebrate

Part of: Endoprocta, Entoprocta, phylum Entoprocta

Encyclopedia: Entoproct