Etymology

diphyozooid

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Today it means: One of the free-swimming sexual zooids of Siphonophorae. Full definition →

Ancient Greek διφυής
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδιφυής“double”
  2. English todaydiphyozooid

From Ancient Greek διφυής (diphuḗs, “double”) + English zooid.

Words from the same roots

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