Usually means: Outer layer of a bryozoan.
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  1. ectocyst: Wordnik
  2. ectocyst: Wiktionary
  3. ectocyst: Dictionary.com
  4. Ectocyst: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. ectocyst: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  6. Ectocyst: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. ectocyst: FreeDictionary.org
  8. Ectocyst: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. ectocyst: Encyclopedia

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  1. ectocyst: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (ectocyst)

▸ noun:  (archaic, zoology) The exoskeleton of some members of Bryozoa.

Similar:
endocyst, zoocyst, zooecium, zoothecium, ectooecium, zoöcyst, zoœcium, cystopore, epistome, zoecium, more...

Opposite:
endocyst, inner layer, internal covering

Adjectives:
gelatinous, laminated, outer, thick, chitinous, hyaline, thin

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Similar:
endocyst, zoocyst, zooecium, zoothecium, ectooecium, zoöcyst, zoœcium, cystopore, epistome, zoecium, more...

Opposite:
endocyst, inner layer, internal covering

Adjectives:
gelatinous, laminated, outer, thick, chitinous, hyaline, thin



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