deuterozooid
deuterozooid · deuterozooids
One of the secondary, and usually sexual, zooids produced by budding or fission from…One of the secondary, and usually sexual, zooids produced by budding or fission from the primary zooids, in animals having alternate generations.
Meaning
1 sensesOne 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.
Origin
From deutero- + zooid.From deutero- + zooid.
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Forms
plural: deuterozooids| Singular | deuterozooid |
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Word family
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