11 letters · 25 points in Scrabble
noun a sporozoan in the active feeding stage of its life cycle
originEtymology tree Proto-Hellenic *tʰrépʰō Ancient Greek τρέφω (tréphō) Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek τροφή (trophḗ)bor. English tropho- English -zoite English trophozoite From tropho- + -zoite.
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