zooid
Pronunciation: /ˈzəʊɔɪd/
The English word “zooid” has 4 meanings listed here.
noun
- An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozoid.
- An animal in one of its inferior or early stages of development, as one of the intermediate forms in alternate generation.
- One of the individual animals in a composite group, as of Anthozoa, Hydrozoa, and Bryozoa; — sometimes restricted to those individuals in which the mouth and digestive organs are not developed.
adjective
- Relating to, or resembling, an animal.
Etymology
From zoo- + -oid. Compare Ancient Greek ζῴδιον (zōídion, “animal”).
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