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phylactolæma
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phylactolæma, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. to guard + the gullet.].
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 . [1913 Webster]
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