Autozooid

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A zooid that is able to feed.

    "Pore density (PD) was measured by randomly placing a digital square with a side length of 200 μm over a photo of the frontal wall of an autozooid and counting the number of pores that lay completely within this square."

Example

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"Pore density (PD) was measured by randomly placing a digital square with a side length of 200 μm over a photo of the frontal wall of an autozooid and counting the number of pores that lay completely within this square."

Etymology

From auto- + zooid.

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