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Meaning of "ectoproct" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ECTOPROCT

From ecto- + -proct, from Greek prōktos rectum.

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PRONUNCIATION OF ECTOPROCT

ˈɛktəʊˌprɒkt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ECTOPROCT

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Ectoproct can act as a noun and an adjective.
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WHAT DOES ECTOPROCT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bryozoa

Ectoprocta The Bryozoa, also known as Polyzoa, Ectoprocta or commonly as moss animals, are a phylum of aquatic invertebrate animals. Typically about 0.5 millimetres long, they are filter feeders that sieve food particles out of the water using a retractable lophophore, a "crown" of tentacles lined with cilia. Most marine species live in tropical waters, but a few occur in oceanic trenches, and others are found in polar waters. One class lives only in a variety of freshwater environments, and a few members of a mostly marine class prefer brackish water. Over 4,000 living species are known. One genus is solitary and the rest colonial. The phylum was originally called "Polyzoa", but this term was superseded by "Bryozoa" in 1831. Another group of animals discovered subsequently, whose filtering mechanism looked similar, was also included in "Bryozoa" until 1869, when the two groups were noted to be very different internally. The more recently discovered group was given the name Entoprocta, while the original "Bryozoa" were called "Ectoprocta". However, "Bryozoa" has remained the more widely used term for the latter group.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ECTOPROCT

blocked · brocked · concoct · crocked · deadlocked · decoct · dreadlocked · endoproct · entoproct · fetlocked · gridlocked · landlocked · locked · overstocked · percoct · periproct · shocked · smocked · unlocked · unstocked

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ECTOPROCT

ectomorphy · ectomycorrhiza · ectoparasite · ectoparasitic · ectophyte · ectophytic · ectopia · ectopic · ectopic pregnancy · ectopically · ectoplasm · ectoplasmic · ectoplastic · ectosarc · ectosarcous · ectotherm · ectothermic · ectotrophic mycorrhiza · ectozoic · ectozoon

WORDS THAT END LIKE ECTOPROCT

abstract · act · affect · as a matter of fact · collect · compact · conduct · connect · contact · contract · correct · ct · direct · district · effect · exact · expect · fact · impact · in the abstract

Synonyms and antonyms of ectoproct in the English dictionary of synonyms

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ECTOPROCT»

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A Practical Guide to the Marine Animals of Northeastern ...
Amathia vidovici, spiral ectoprocts 8 bu Victorella pavida, cushion moss ectoproct 9-11 Aetea recta FIG. 12.34 Aetea recta (Aeteidae). Small, white, upright stalks from swellings along stolon. Stalks faintly annulated. With 9-11 tentacles. Vi,Ha- ...
Leland W. Pollock, 1998
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Revision of Neosuarius, a Subgenus of Chrysopodes ...
C.a. caudal arm of apodeme on T9+ectoproct C.C. callus cerci с|.а. dorsal arm of apodeme on T9+ectoproct g.C. gonarcal complex inv sclerotized invagination along midline of 58+9 $.а. submarginal apodeme of S8+9 S.p. setose subrectal ...
Catherine A. Tauber, 2010
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Recent and Fossil Bryozoa: Papers Presented at the 5th ...
LATE PALAEOZOIC ECTOPROCT BIOGEOGRAPHY June R.P. Ross Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225, U.S.A. ABSTRACT Late Palaeozoic ectoprocts of the orders Cryptostomata, Cystoporata, and Trepostomata are ...
Gilbert Powell Larwood, Claus Nielsen, 1981
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American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North ...
Hindwing vein CuA bends to posterior margin at or before medial fork, only 1 or 2 cross veins between CuA and posterior margin of MP2; male ectoproct with conspicuous median lobe in addition to postventral lobe Clathroneuria Hindwing  ...
Ross H. Arnett, Jr., 2000
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Bryozoa: Ordovician to Recent : Papers Presented at the 6th ...
BIOGEOGRAPHY OF ORDOVICIAN ECTOPROCT (BRYOZOAN) FAUNAS June R.P. Ross Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225, U.S.A. ABSTRACT Indisputable occurrences of earliest Ordovician (Tremadoc) ectoproct ...
Claus Nielsen, Gilbert Powell Larwood, 1985
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Marine Chemical Ecology
The heterozooids have functions other than feeding, such as attachment to the substratum or embryo incubation.81,123 Ectoproct colonies nearly always grow upon a substratum. The phylogenetic tree used for the Ectoprocta was constructed ...
James B. McClintock, Bill J. Baker, 2001
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Connecticut Wildlife: Biodiversity, Natural History, and ...
The ectoproct pectinatella, shown among tidal marsh plants (water-celery, water- milfoil, hornwort) in late summer, often reaches football size or larger. sperm ( generally involving an interaction between different hermaphroditic individuals), ...
Geoffrey A. Hammerson, 2004
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New Scientist
In some places sponges overgrow ectoproct colonies; in others the ectoproct colony spreads over and obliterates an encrusting sponge. The growth forms of the ectoprocts are clearly designed for success in such an environment; the growing ...
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Seashore Life of Southern California: An Introduction to the ...
One of the features setting this phylum apart from the entoprocts is that the anus is located outside the circlet of tentacles; hence the word "ectoproct." The ectoprocts are colonial, and not all individuals in the colony have identical structure.
Sam Hinton, 1987
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INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY
Tentacles Intestine Vestibule Diaphragm Dilators of Sphincter Cardia Retractors of lophophore Coelom Coclomocytc Figure 9.4 Extended zooid of a gymnolaemate ectoproct. Zooid interconnections Some aspects of ectoproct colony ...
MANDAL, 2012
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