microzooid

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noun

A very minute free-swimming zooid that buries itself in the body of a sedentary animalcule.

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Meanings

nounmicrozooid (plural microzooids)

plural microzooids

  1. biologyA very minute free-swimming zooid that buries itself in the body of a sedentary animalcule.

Origin

From micro- + zooid.

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APA

microzooid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microzooid

MLA

“microzooid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microzooid. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microzooid,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microzooid.

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