Animal-like

• One of the distinct individuals forming a colonial animal such as a bryozoan or hydrozoan

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Zooid \Zo"oid\, n. (Biol.) An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozooid. (Zo["o]l.) An animal in one of its inferior stages of development, as one of the intermediate forms in alternate generation. One of the individual ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context biology English) Relating to, or resembling, an animal. n. 1 (context biology English) An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozoid. 2 (context zoology English) An animal in one of its inferior or early stages ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. one of the distinct individuals forming a colonial animal such as a bryozoan or hydrozoan

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A zooid or zoöid is a single animal that is part of a colonial animal. Zooids are multicellular; their structure is similar to that of other solitary animals. The zooids can either be directly connected by tissue (e.g. corals , Catenulida , Siphonophorae ...