ectoproct

A noun referring to a sessile, mossy aquatic animal characterized by having the anus of the polyp located outside the crown of tentacles.

• 🇷🇺Существительное, обозначающее сидячее, мшистое водное животное, характеризующееся тем, что анус полипа расположен снаружи венчика щупалец.

1. Aquatic invertebrate C2 formal scientific

   A small, sessile, moss-like aquatic animal that forms colonies, characterized by having the anus located outside the ring of tentacles.

   • Ectoprocts are often found encrusting on rocks and seaweed in marine environments.
   • The colony of ectoprocts resembled a delicate, calcified lace.
   • Scientists studied the feeding behavior of ectoprocts in the tide pool.

   🇷🇺Водное беспозвоночное

   Синонимы: bryozoanpolyzoan

• ectoprocts plural form
• ectoprocts' possessive plural form
• ectoproct's possessive singular form