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zooid
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun zooid has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
zooid, a. [Zoö- + -oid.].
Pertaining to, or resembling, an animal. [1913 Webster]
zooid, n.
- An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozooid. [1913 Webster]
- An animal in one of its inferior stages of development, as one of the intermediate forms in alternate generation. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
zooid, n.
1 a more or less independent invertebrate organism arising by budding or fission.
2 a distinct member of an invertebrate colony.
1 a more or less independent invertebrate organism arising by budding or fission.
2 a distinct member of an invertebrate colony.
Derivative
zooidal adj.
Etymology
formed as ZOO- + -OID
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