See Also: zooid(medicine)
zooid(dictionary)

zooid (iou)



zooid noun. M19.
[from ZOO- + -OID.]
Chiefly Zoology. An animal arising from another by budding or division; esp. each of the individuals which make up a colonial organism and often have different forms and functions. Formerly also, a motile cell. Cf. ZOON noun.
zo'oidal adjective L19.
zooidi'ogamous adjective = PLANOGAMETIC L19.