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zooid /zo·oid/ (zo´oid)
1. animal-like.
2. an animal-like object or form.
3. an individual in a united colony of animals.

zo·oid (zoid)
n.
1. An organic cell or organized body that has independent movement within a living organism, especially a motile gamete such as a spermatozoon.
2. An independent animallike organism produced asexually, as by budding or fission.
3. One of the distinct individuals forming a colonial animal such as a coral.

zooid [zo´oid]
1. animal-like.
2. an animal-like object or form.

zooid
1. animal-like.
2. an animal-like object or form.
3. an individual in a united colony of animals.


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