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Polyp vs Ectoproct - What's the difference?

polyp | ectoproct |

As nouns the difference between polyp and ectoproct

is that polyp is polyp while ectoproct is a bryozoa or ectoprocta, a microscopic sessile moss-like aquatic animal (having the anus of the polyp outside the crown of tentacles), forming a colony.

polyp

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (medicine) an abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane
  • (biology) a cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth surrounded with tentacles

    • Derived terms

    * polypoid

    Related terms

    * polyposis

    External links

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    ectoproct

    English

    (wikipedia ectoproct)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A Bryozoa or Ectoprocta, a microscopic sessile moss-like aquatic animal (having the anus of the polyp outside the crown of tentacles), forming a colony.

    • Synonyms

    * moss animal