zooid

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozoid.
2. An animal in one of its inferior or early stages of development, as one of the intermediate forms in alternate generation.
3. 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.

Adj

Relating to, or resembling, an animal.

Concepts

zooïde

bestiau

créature

faune

organisme

Synonymes

alien

👽

animal

🐾

beast

beastie

brute

creature

critter

fauna

organism

zoophyte

Traductions

ζωοειδής

متوحش

Geschöpf

zoeci

zooide

Bestie

animal

🐾

Kind

🧒

Kreatur

Tier

🐾

Viech

🐾

ζώο

ζωόφυτο

θηρίο

حيوان

🐾

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈzəʊɔɪd/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à grec ancien: ζῴδιον

In summary

From zoo- + -oid. Compare Ancient Greek ζῴδιον (zōídion, “animal”).