different between zooid vs zooecium

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

Alternative forms

• zoœcium

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ???? (zôion, “animal”) + ????? (oîkos, “house”).

Noun

zooecium (plural zooecia)

1. (zoology) One of the cells or tubes which enclose the feeding zooids of Bryozoa.

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