"zooid" meaning in All languages combined

See zooid on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈzəʊɔɪd/ [UK], /ˈzuːɔɪd/ [UK] Forms: more zooid [comparative], most zooid [superlative]
Etymology: From zoo- + -oid. Compare Ancient Greek ζῴδιον (zṓidion, “animal”). Etymology templates: {{confix|en|zoo|oid}} zoo- + -oid, {{cog|grc|ζῴδιον||animal}} Ancient Greek ζῴδιον (zṓidion, “animal”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} zooid (comparative more zooid, superlative most zooid)
  1. (biology) Relating to, or resembling, an animal. Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-zooid-en-adj-ECk7Ovu9 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with zoo- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with zoo-: 11 19 31 39 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: zoöid

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈzəʊɔɪd/ [UK], /ˈzuːɔɪd/ [UK] Forms: zooids [plural]
Etymology: From zoo- + -oid. Compare Ancient Greek ζῴδιον (zṓidion, “animal”). Etymology templates: {{confix|en|zoo|oid}} zoo- + -oid, {{cog|grc|ζῴδιον||animal}} Ancient Greek ζῴδιον (zṓidion, “animal”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} zooid (plural zooids)
  1. (biology) An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozoid. Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-zooid-en-noun-RbVfoJMo Categories (other): English terms prefixed with zoo- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with zoo-: 11 19 31 39 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  2. (zoology) An animal in one of its inferior or early stages of development, as one of the intermediate forms in alternate generation. Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-zooid-en-noun-s5Npg87T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with zoo-, English terms suffixed with -oid, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 19 43 27 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with zoo-: 11 19 31 39 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -oid: 12 21 39 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 15 45 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 17 45 27 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
  3. (zoology) One of the individual animals in a composite group, as of Anthozoa, Hydrozoa, and Bryozoa; — sometimes restricted to those individuals in which the mouth and digestive organs are not developed. Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-zooid-en-noun-rMTPxqFd Categories (other): English terms prefixed with zoo- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with zoo-: 11 19 31 39 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: zoöid Derived forms: autozooid, macrozooid, microzooid, polyzooid

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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