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
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The first known use of trophozooid was in 1888
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