1 trophozooid | Definition of trophozooid

trophozooid

noun
troph·​o·​zo·​oid | \ -ōˌȯid\

Definition of trophozooid

1 : an imperfect zooid or individual of the sexual generation of some free-swimming tunicates that never becomes sexually mature or detached from its parent
2 : a nutritive zooid of a scyphozoan colony

First Known Use of trophozooid

1888, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for trophozooid

troph- + zooid

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