

zooid
/ΛzuΛΙΙͺd/

noun
An animal in one of its inferior or early stages of development, as one of the intermediate forms in alternate generation.

noun
One of the individual animals in a composite group, as of Anthozoa, Hydrozoa, and Bryozoa; β sometimes restricted to those individuals in which the mouth and digestive organs are not developed.

adjective
