Deuterozooid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Deuterozooid is a noun meaning (biology) One of the secondary, and usually sexual, zooids produced by budding or fission from the primary zooids, in animals having alternate generations.
Meaning
(biology) One of the secondary, and usually sexual, zooids produced by budding or fission from the primary zooids, in animals having alternate generations.
Example Sentences
In the tapeworms, the joints are deuterozooids.
Word Forms
- deuterozooids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include blastozooid, tritozooid, oozooid, phorozooid, diphyozooid, kenozooid.
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