zooid

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

alien

👽

animal

🐾

beast

beastie

brute

creature

critter

fauna

organism

zoophyte

Translations

ζωοειδής

zooïde

متوحش

zoeci

zooide

Bestie

Kind

🧒

Geschöpf

Kreatur

Tier

🐾

Viech

🐾

ζώο

ζωόφυτο

θηρίο

animal

🐾

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈzəʊɔɪd/

Etymology

Cognate with Ancient Greek: ζῴδιον

In summary

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