Definition of Zooid

1. Noun. One of the distinct individuals forming a colonial animal such as a bryozoan or hydrozoan.

Generic synonyms: Being, Organism

Definition of Zooid

1. a. Pertaining to, or resembling, an animal.

2. n. An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozooid.

3. a. Pertaining to, or resembling, an animal.

4. n. An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozooid.

Definition of Zooid

1. Noun. (biology) An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozoid. ¹

2. Noun. (zoology) An animal in one of its inferior or early stages of development, as one of the intermediate forms in alternate generation. ¹

3. Noun. (zoology) 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. ¹

4. Noun. (alternative spelling of zooid) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Zooid

1. an organic cell or body capable of independent movement [n -S] : ZOOIDAL [adj]

Medical Definition of Zooid

1. 1. An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozooid. 2. Pertaining to, or resembling, an animal. An animal in one of its inferior stages of development, as one of the intermediate forms in alternate generation. 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. (28 Oct 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Zooid

zoogonies
zoogonous
zoogony
zoograft
zoografting
zoograftings
zoografts
zoographer
zoographers
zoographic
zoographical
zoographies
zoographist
zoographists
zoography
zooidal
zooids
zooier
zooiest
zookeeper
zookeepers
zookeeping
zookers
zooks
zoolater
zoolaters
zoolatries
zoolatry

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