Zorid vs. Zooid

Zoridnoun

(zoology) Any spider in the family Zoridae.

Zooidnoun

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

Zooidnoun

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

Zooidnoun

(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.

Zooidadjective

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

Zooidadjective

Pertaining to, or resembling, an animal.

Zooidnoun

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

Zooidnoun

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

Zooidnoun

one of the distinct individuals forming a colonial animal such as a bryozoan or hydrozoan

Zooid

A zooid or zoöid is a single animal that is part of a colonial animal. This lifestyle has been adopted by animals from separate unrelated taxa.