zooid

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/ˈzuːɔɪd/ English

Definitions

noun

An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozoid.
An animal in one of its inferior or early stages of development, as one of the intermediate forms in alternate generation.
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

Relating to, or resembling, an animal.

Related words

Synonyms

zoid spermatozooid diphyozooid oozooid dactylozooid phorozooid blastozooid gonozooid oozoid spermatozoon zoocytium spermatozoid autozooid spermule spermatozoan zoidogamy

Associated

siphon buccal tunic tentacles colony feeding colonies larvae animal structure water body

Rhymes

fluid seminal fluid spinal fluid body fluid bodily fluid amniotic fluid drilling fluid digestive fluid cou id druid

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