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1. (n.) zooid
any of the distinct individuals of an animallike compound or colonial organism, as a polyp of a bryozoan.
2. (adj.) zooid
Also, zo&syl;oidal. pertaining to, resembling, or of the nature of an animal.
Etymology: (1850–55; < Gk zôi(on) animal +-oid)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) zooid
one of the distinct individuals forming a colonial animal such as a bryozoan or hydrozoan
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1. (adj) Zooid
pertaining to, or resembling, an animal
2. (noun) Zooid
an organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozooid
3. (noun) Zooid
an animal in one of its inferior stages of development, as one of the intermediate forms in alternate generation
4. (noun) Zooid
one of the individual animals in a composite group, as of Anthozoa, Hydroidea, and Bryozoa; -- sometimes restricted to those individuals in which the mouth and digestive organs are not developed
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