trophozooid

noun

troph·​o·​zo·​oid

-ōˌȯid

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

Word History

Etymology

troph- + zooid

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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