Meaning Of The Word Zooid

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What's The Definition Of Zooid?

zooid in American English
a comparatively independent animal organism produced by other than sexual methods, as by fission, gemmation, etc.
adjective: pertaining to, resembling, or of the nature of an animal
noun: any organic body or cell capable of spontaneous movement and of an existence more or less apart from or independent of the parent organism

zooid in British English
noun: any independent animal body, such as an individual of a coelenterate colony

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