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Webster 1913 Edition


Deuterozooid

Deuˊter-o-zo′oid

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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] second + E.
zooid
.]
(Zool.)
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.

Definition 2024


deuterozooid

deuterozooid

English

Noun

deuterozooid (plural deuterozooids)

  1. (biology) 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.