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autozooid

autozooid noun: a zooid that is able to feed.

Noun

autozooid (plural autozooids)

  1. A zooid that is able to feed.
    • Pore density (PD) was measured by randomly placing a digital square with a side length of 200 μm over a photo of the frontal wall of an autozooid and counting the number of pores that lay completely within this square.2015 October 22, “Diversity and Systematics of Schizomavella Species (Bryozoa: Bitectiporidae) from the Bathyal NE Atlantic”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of autozooid

pluralautozooids

Origin of autozooid

From auto- + zooid.

Words formed from autozooid

Questions about autozooid

What does autozooid mean?
Autozooid means a zooid that is able to feed.
What part of speech is autozooid?
Autozooid is a noun.
What is the plural of autozooid?
The plural of autozooid is autozooids.

Words near autozooid in the dictionary

  1. autozero
  2. autozeroed
  3. autozeroing
  4. autozooecia
  5. autozooecium
  6. autozooid
  7. autozooidal
  8. autozooids
  9. autozoom
  10. autozoophilia
  11. autozygome

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