Zooid
Definition & Meaning
Pronunciation /ˈzəʊɔɪd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Zooid is a noun meaning (biology) An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozoid.
Meaning
(biology) An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozoid.
More Meanings
- (zoology) An animal in one of its inferior or early stages of development, as one of the intermediate forms in alternate generation.
- (biology) Relating to, or resembling, an animal.
- (zoology) 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.
Word Forms
- zooids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include zoid, spermatozooid, diphyozooid, oozooid, dactylozooid, phorozooid.
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