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One of the distinct individuals forming a colonial animal such as a bryozoan or hydrozoan
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zooid
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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 ...
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Zooid \Zo"oid\, a. [Zo["o]- + -oid.] (Biol.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an animal.
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n. one of the distinct individuals forming a colonial animal such as a bryozoan or hydrozoan
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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 ...