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Zooid
Zooid o"oid, a. [Zo["o]- + -oid.] (Biol.)
Pertaining to, or resembling, an animal.
Zooid
Zooid o"oid, n.
1. (Biol.) An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a
spermatic cell or spermatozooid.
2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) An animal in one of its inferior stages of
development, as one of the intermediate forms in
alternate generation.
(b) One of the individual animals in a composite group, as
of Anthozoa, Hydroidea, and Bryozoa; -- sometimes
restricted to those individuals in which the mouth and
digestive organs are not developed.
Meaning of Zooid from wikipedia
- A
zooid or
zoöid /ˈzoʊ.ɔɪd/ is a
single animal that is part of a
colonial animal. This
lifestyle has been
adopted by
animals from
separate unrelated taxa...
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organism composed of
medusoid and
polypoid zooids that are
morphologically and
functionally specialized.
Zooids are
multicellular units that
develop from...
- some
colonies can
creep very
slowly by
using spiny defensive zooids as legs. Each
zooid consists of a "cystid",
which provides the body wall and produces...
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graptolites and
Rhabdopleura share a
colony structure of
interconnected zooids housed in
organic tubes (theca)
which have a
basic structure of stacked...
- made up of many
smaller units called zooids.
Although they are
morphologically quite different, all of the
zooids in a
single specimen are genetically...
-
ZOOiD BBS ("the zoo of ids," or
alternatively referencing zooid) was a
Toronto area
Bulletin board system in 1986 - 1993 that
served a
creative community...
- are colonial, and
their members are
known as "
zooids",
since they are not
fully independent animals.
Zooids are
typically 1
millimetre (0.039 in) long but...
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others replicate by
budding and
become colonies, each unit
being known as a
zooid. They are
marine filter feeders with a water-filled, sac-like body structure...
- sea". Each
zooid is a few
millimetres in size, but is
embedded in a
common gelatinous tunic that
joins all of the individuals. Each
zooid opens both to...
-
marine bryozoans,
phylactolaemate colonies consist of only one type of
zooid, the
feeding forms known as autozooids.
These are
supported by an unmineralized...
