/en'teuh prok"teuh/ , n.
a small phylum of invertebrates comprising the entoprocts: considered a subphylum of Bryozoa, from which it is distinguished by having the anus of the polyp near the mouth within the crown of tentacles. Also called Endoprocta . Cf. Ectoprocta .
[ ento- ENTO- + -procta -prokta, neut. pl. of -PROKTOS, adj. deriv. of proktós anus, rectum ]