Zooid

(zo' -aid). Animallike. In biology, "a more or le individualized animal organism, which may or may not be capable of independent existence, and which constitutes one of a. series whose members are related to each other by some form of non-sexual reproduction and morphologically repeat one another, either actually or homologically." (Allman.) "The introduction of the term zooid into the language of zoology is of very recent date. This term is intended to indicate each of the distinct organisms which, with various degrees of independence, expre , when taken together, the total result of the development of a single ovum. It is a valuable addition to our terminology, enabling us to avoid the ambiguous sense which attaches itself to the word individual when this word is used in its biological signification as the logical element of a species." (Huxley.) Zoologic (zo-o-loj'-ik) animal; Adyoc, word. Relating to zoology.