Added 10 October 2026
zooid
/ˈzəʊɔɪd/ noun
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about zooid at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozoid.
- An animal in one of its inferior or early stages of development, as one of the intermediate forms in alternate generation.
- 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.
adjective
- Relating to, or resembling, an animal.
Origin
From zoo- + -oid. Compare Ancient Greek ζῴδιον (zōídion, “animal”).
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