Associations to the word «Zooid»
Noun
- Budding
- Colony
- Tentacle
- Coloni
- Stalk
- Pore
- Feeding
- Sac
- Reproduction
- Larva
- Aperture
- Tunic
- Organism
- Bud
- Spine
- Clone
- Pi
- Nurse
- Egg
- Filter
- Biology
- Ensemble
- Organ
- Specimen
- Individual
- Stem
- Animal
- Muscle
- Wall
- Species
- Mm
- Opening
- Produce
- Layer
- Row
- Function
- Extension
- Cycle
- Form
- Generation
- Shape
- Structure
- Branch
- Ing
- Type
- Water
- Growing
- Recording
- Serve
- Henry
- Share
- Defense
- Stage
Adjective
Wiktionary
ZOOID, noun. (biology) An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozoid.
ZOOID, noun. (zoology) An animal in one of its inferior or early stages of development, as one of the intermediate forms in alternate generation.
ZOOID, noun. (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.
ZOOID, adjective. (biology) Relating to, or resembling, an animal.
ZOÖID, noun. Alternative spelling of zooid
Dictionary definition
ZOOID, noun. One of the distinct individuals forming a colonial animal such as a bryozoan or hydrozoan.
Wise words
A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is
the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color
and content according to the circumstances and time in which
it is used.