autozooid
/ˌɔːtə(ʊ)ˈzuːɔɪd/ /ˌɔːtə(ʊ)ˈzəʊɔɪd/ /ˌɔːtə(ʊ)ˈzuːɪd/Zoology
noun
In some bryozoans and anthozoans: a normal feeding zooid, as distinguished from a siphonozooid.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Henry Nottidge Moseley (1844–1891), naturalist. From auto- + zooid.