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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Ec•to•proc•ta (ek′tə prok′tə),USA pronunciation n. - Invertebrates, Microbiologythe phylum Bryozoa, esp. as distinguished from the phylum Entoprocta by a body plan having the anus of the polyp outside the crown of tentacles.
- Neo-Latin, equivalent. to Greek ekto- ecto- + -prōkta, neuter plural of -prōktos, adjective, adjectival derivative of prōktós anus; see procto-
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