ˌträkəˈzōə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from troch- + -zoa
in some especially former classifications : a group of Invertebrata including all those (as the annelids and mollusks) whose early larval stage is normally a trochophore
• troch·o·zo·ic | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|zōik adjective