deuterozooid

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noun

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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Meanings

noundeuterozooid (plural deuterozooids)

plural deuterozooids

  1. biologyOne 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.

Origin

From deutero- + zooid.

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APA

deuterozooid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deuterozooid

MLA

“deuterozooid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deuterozooid. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deuterozooid,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deuterozooid.

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