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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A division of the Polyzoa established by Nitsche, characterized by having the anus outside of the circlet of tentacles: opposed to Endoprocta. See the extract.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun plural (Zoöl.) An order of Bryozoa in which the anus lies outside the circle of tentacles.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun coextensive with or a subphylum of Bryozoa

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