Found 2 items, similar to Ectoprocta.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Ectoprocta Ectoprocta n : coextensive with or a subphylum of Bryozoa [syn: phylum Ectoprocta ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Ectoprocta Bryozoa \Bry`o*zo"a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? moss + ? animal.] (Zo["o]l.) A class of Molluscoidea, including minute animals which by budding form compound colonies; -- called also Polyzoa. [1913 Webster] Note: They are often coralike in form and appearance, each small cell containing an individual zooid. Other species grow in delicate, flexible, branched forms, resembling moss, whence the name. Some are found in fresh water, but most are marine. The three principal divisions are Ectoprocta, Entoprocta, and Pterobranchia. See Cyclostoma, Chilostoma, and Phylactolema. [1913 Webster] Ectoprocta \Ec`to*proc"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'ekto`s outside outside + ? the anus.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of Bryozoa in which the anus lies outside the circle of tentacles. [1913 Webster]