zooid
/ˈzəʊɔɪd/
zooid noun: an organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozoid.
Noun
zooid (plural zooids)
- An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozoid.
- An animal in one of its inferior or early stages of development, as one of the intermediate forms in alternate generation.
- 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.
Adjective
zooid (comparative more zooid, superlative most zooid)
- Relating to, or resembling, an animal.
zooid meaning in Tamil
zooid in Tamil
- உறுப்புயிரி, விலங்குத் தோற்றம், விலங்குரு தோற்றம், சுவாய்டு, விலங்குரு
Forms of zooid
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | zooids |
| alternative form | zoöid |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more zooid |
| superlative | most zooid |
Origin of zooid
From zoo- + -oid. Compare Ancient Greek ζῴδιον (zōídion, “animal”).
Words formed from zooid
Questions about zooid
- What does zooid mean?
- Zooid means an organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozoid.
- What is zooid in Tamil?
- Zooid in Tamil is உறுப்புயிரி, விலங்குத் தோற்றம், விலங்குரு தோற்றம். See Zooid meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is zooid?
- Zooid can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce zooid?
- Zooid is pronounced /ˈzəʊɔɪd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of zooid?
- The plural of zooid is zooids.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: zooid (page history and authors); zooid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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