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deuterozooid

deuterozooid noun: one of the secondary, and usually sexual, zooids produced by budding or fission from the primary zooids, in animals having alternate generations.

Noun

deuterozooid (plural deuterozooids)

  1. One of the secondary, and usually sexual, zooids produced by budding or fission from the primary zooids, in animals having alternate generations.
    • In the tapeworms, the joints are deuterozooids.

Forms of deuterozooid

pluraldeuterozooids

Origin of deuterozooid

From deutero- + zooid.

Questions about deuterozooid

What does deuterozooid mean?
Deuterozooid means one of the secondary, and usually sexual, zooids produced by budding or fission from the primary zooids, in animals having alternate generations.
What part of speech is deuterozooid?
Deuterozooid is a noun.
What is the plural of deuterozooid?
The plural of deuterozooid is deuterozooids.

Words near deuterozooid in the dictionary

  1. deuterotokous
  2. deuterotoky
  3. deuterotonic
  4. deuteroxide
  5. deuteroxides
  6. deuterozooid
  7. deuterozooids
  8. deutivacaftor
  9. deuto-
  10. deutocerebra
  11. deutocerebral

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