Deuterozooid Definition

noun

(zoology) 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.
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Singular:
deuterozooid
Plural:
deuterozooids

Origin of Deuterozooid

  • Ancient Greek

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