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zooids

/ˈzoʊɔɪdz/

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noun

Zoide

An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozoid.

Examples :

"Under a microscope, the scientist observed the individual zooids moving freely, each contributing to the overall movement of the larger colonial organism. "

Bajo un microscopio, el científico observó los zooides individuales moviéndose libremente, cada uno contribuyendo al movimiento general del organismo colonial más grande.

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noun

Zooide

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

Examples :

"The coral colony is composed of many tiny individual zooids, each playing a small role in the overall structure. "

La colonia de coral está compuesta por muchos zooideos individuales diminutos, cada uno de los cuales desempeña un pequeño papel en la estructura general.

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noun

Zoides

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.

Examples :

"The coral colony is made up of many tiny individual animals called zooids, each contributing to the colony's overall structure and function. "

La colonia de coral está formada por muchos animales individuales diminutos llamados zooides, cada uno de los cuales contribuye a la estructura y función general de la colonia.

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