Zoonite

Quick meaning: Zoonite is a noun meaning (zoology, archaic) One of the segments of the body of an articulated animal, sometimes regarded as a distinct organism.

Meaning

(zoology, archaic) One of the segments of the body of an articulated animal, sometimes regarded as a distinct organism.

Example Sentences

An organite is always dependent, its life is always subordinate to that of the individual of which it forms a part; a zoonite is always independent, it has a life peculiar to itself.

When there is budding the somite which proliferates is the pre-anal in Myrianida and certain species of Autolytus; the anal segment is, from the first, too differentiated to take part in the formation of new zoonites.

Word Forms

• zoonites

Synonyms for zoonite

Depending on context, synonyms include zoonule.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include zoonule, zoon, zooid, zoonym, zoogonid, ectozoon.

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