DEUTEROZOOID

Deu`ter*o*zo"oid, n. Etym: [Gr. zooid.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ANTHOZOAN

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