Deuterozooid

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.


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