different between sessile vs ectoproct

sessile

English

Etymology

From New Latin sessilis (sitting), from sessus, perfect passive participle of verb sed?re (sit), + adjective suffix -ilis. Compare session.

Adjective

sessile (not comparable)

  1. (zoology) Permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about.
    a sessile oyster
  2. (botany) Attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk; stalkless.

Synonyms

  • (not free to move): attached, fixed, immobile

Antonyms

  • (not free to move): mobile, motile

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • lessies

Italian

Adjective

sessile (plural sessili)

  1. (botany, zoology) sessile

Latin

Adjective

sessile

  1. nominative neuter singular of sessilis
  2. accusative neuter singular of sessilis
  3. vocative neuter singular of sessilis

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ectoproct

English

Etymology

From the old phylum name, Ectoprocta.

Noun

ectoproct (plural ectoprocts)

  1. (dated) Synonym of bryozoan

Translations

ectoproct From the web:

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