autozooid

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noun

A zooid that is able to feed.

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Meanings

nounautozooid (plural autozooids)

plural autozooids

  1. biologyA zooid that is able to feed.

    Pore density (PD) was measured by randomly placing a digital square with a side length of 200 μm over a photo of the frontal wall of an autozooid and counting the number of pores that lay completely within this square.

    2015 October 22, “Diversity and Systematics of Schizomavella Species (Bryozoa: Bitectiporidae) from the Bathyal NE Atlantic”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From auto- + zooid.

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Chicago

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