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noun
1.
any organic body or cell capable of spontaneous movement and of an existence more or less apart from or independent of the parent organism.
2.
any animal organism or individual capable of separate existence, and produced by fission, gemmation, or some method other than direct sexual reproduction.
3.
any one of the recognizably distinct individuals or elements of a compound or colonial animallike organism, whether or not detached or detachable.
adjective
4.
Also, zo·oi·dal. pertaining to, resembling, or of the nature of an animal.
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Zooid
is always a great word to know.
So is androgenous. Does it mean:
| pertaining to the production of or tending to produce male offspring |
| single-celled colonial algae occurring in soil and on moist rocks and vegetation and also as a slime or scum on ponds and stagnant waters |
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zooid zo·oid (zō'oid')
n.
An organic cell or organized body that has independent movement within a living organism, especially a motile gamete such as a spermatozoon.
An independent animallike organism produced asexually, as by budding or fission.
One of the distinct individuals forming a colonial animal such as a coral.
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