'Deuterozooid' definitions:

Definition of 'Deuterozooid'

From: GCIDE
  • Deuterozooid \Deu`ter*o*zo"oid\, n. [Gr. ? second + E. zooid.] (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster]