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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024en•to•proct (en′tə prokt′),USA pronunciation n. [Zool.]- Invertebrates, Zoologyany of various sessile, chiefly marine, mosslike animals of the phylum Entoprocta (formerly a subphylum of Bryophyta), occasionally solitary polyps but usually forming branching colonies, each individual polyp having an almost closed ring of tentacles within which lie the mouth and anus.
adj. - Invertebrates, Zoologybelonging or pertaining to the phylum Entoprocta. Also called endoproct. Cf. ectoproct.
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