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Deuterozooid
Deuˊter-o-zo′oid
,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)
- (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.