ENTOPROCT


Meaning of ENTOPROCT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈen-tə-ˌpräkt ]

noun

Etymology: ultimately from ent- + Greek prōktos anus

Date: 1940

: any of a phylum (Entoprocta) of chiefly marine animals that are very similar to bryozoans but lack a true coelom and have the anus located near the mouth inside a crown of tentacles

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.