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microzooid

microzooid noun: a very minute free-swimming zooid that buries itself in the body of a sedentary animalcule.

Noun

microzooid (plural microzooids)

  1. A very minute free-swimming zooid that buries itself in the body of a sedentary animalcule.

Forms of microzooid

pluralmicrozooids

Origin of microzooid

From micro- + zooid.

Questions about microzooid

What does microzooid mean?
Microzooid means a very minute free-swimming zooid that buries itself in the body of a sedentary animalcule.
What part of speech is microzooid?
Microzooid is a noun.
What is the plural of microzooid?
The plural of microzooid is microzooids.

Words near microzooid in the dictionary

  1. microzone
  2. microzones
  3. microzoning
  4. microzoogonidia
  5. microzoogonidium
  6. microzooid
  7. microzooids
  8. microzoological
  9. microzoologist
  10. microzoologists
  11. microzoology

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