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statozoic

statozoic adjective: sedentary, especially when attached to a surface.

Adjective

statozoic (not comparable)

  1. Sedentary, especially when attached to a surface.
    • These Pelmatozoa in a way are to be regarded as intermediate between the statozoic and eleutherozoic forms, as regards their mode of life, and may be dealt with to advantage in the present paper.1912, Proceedings of the United States National Museum
    • […] the marked radial symmetry which prevails, even among the most perfectly eleutherozoic modern forms, is usually ascribed to a prolonged statozoic phase in their evolution.1950, Outlines of Palaeontology, page 110

Questions about statozoic

What does statozoic mean?
Statozoic means sedentary, especially when attached to a surface.
What part of speech is statozoic?
Statozoic is an adjective.

Words near statozoic in the dictionary

  1. statoscope
  2. statoscopes
  3. statosis
  4. statospore
  5. statospores
  6. statozoic
  7. stats
  8. stats out
  9. statted
  10. statted out
  11. Statter

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