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zooid
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As a noun, zooid means an organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozoid. As an adjective, it means relating to, or resembling, an animal.
Meanings of zooid
5 meaningsnoun
biologyAn organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozoid.
zoologyAn animal in one of its inferior or early stages of development, as one of the intermediate forms in alternate generation.
zoologyOne 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.
One of the distinct individuals forming a colonial animal such as a bryozoan or hydrozoananimal
adjective
biologyRelating to, or resembling, an animal.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).