phylactolaema Meaning, Definition & Usage

Phy*lac`to*læ"ma, Phy*lac`to*læ"ma*ta noun plural (Also<
  • Phylactolaema
  • Phylactolaemata
  • Phylactolæma
  • Phylactolæmata
)
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. to guard + the gullet.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) An order of fresh-water Bryozoa in which the tentacles are arranged on a horseshoe-shaped lophophore, and the mouth is covered by an epistome. Called also Lophopoda, and hippocrepians.

Webster 1913