Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(zoology, archaic) One of the segments of the body of an articulated animal, sometimes regarded as a distinct organism..
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.
Use zoonite when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Zoonite means (zoology, archaic) One of the segments of the body of an articulated animal, sometimes regarded as a distinct organism..
Common synonyms include zoonule, zoönule.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.