zooid
/ˈzuːɔɪd/
noun
- 1
An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozoid.
- 2
An animal in one of its inferior or early stages of development, as one of the intermediate forms in alternate generation.
- 3
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
- 1
Relating to, or resembling, an animal.
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