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zooid
noun
- a comparatively independent animal organism produced by other than sexual methods, as by fission, gemmation, etc.
- any of the individual members of a colonial or compound animal: used esp. of hydroids, corals, or bryozoans
Related Forms:
- zooidal adjective
See zooid in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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