different between zooid vs polyzoic

English

Alternative forms

• zoöid

Etymology

From zoo- +? -oid.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?z????d/, /?zu???d/

Noun

zooid (plural zooids)

1. (biology) An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozoid.
2. (zoology) An animal in one of its inferior or early stages of development, as one of the intermediate forms in alternate generation.
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.

Derived terms

• autozooid
• macrozooid
• microzooid
• polyzooid

Adjective

zooid (comparative more zooid, superlative most zooid)

1. (biology) Relating to, or resembling, an animal.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?li?z??.?k/

Adjective

polyzoic (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Of a tapeworm, having multiple proglottids.

   Antonym: monozoic

2. (zoology, obsolete) Bryozoan.
3. (archaic) Relating to a primitive stage of human religion in which natural phenomena are interpreted as animals or monsters.

Noun

polyzoic (plural polyzoics)

1. (zoology) A spore that produces many sporozoites.

Related terms

• polyzoarium
• polyzoary
• polyzoon