Phylactolaemata

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Phylactolaema \Phy*lac`to*l[ae]"ma\, Phylactolaemata
  \Phy*lac`to*l[ae]"ma*ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. fyla`ssein to
     guard + laimo`s the gullet.] (Zool.)
     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]