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Definition of zooid
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Zooid (n.) An
organic
body or cell
having
locomotion,
as a
spermatic
cell or
spermatozooid..
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Blastostyle
::
Blastostyle
(n.) In
certain
hydroids,
an
imperfect
zooid,
whose
special
function
is to
produce
medusoid
buds. See
Hydroidea,
and
Athecata..
Nectocalyx
::
Nectocalyx
(n.) One of the
zooids
of
certain
Siphonophora,
having
somewhat
the form, and the
essential
structure,
of the bell of a
jellyfish,
and
acting
as a
swimming
organ..
Foraminifera
::
Foraminifera
(n. pl.) An
extensive
order of
rhizopods
which
generally
have a
chambered
calcareous
shell
formed
by
several
united
zooids.
Many of them have
perforated
walls,
whence
the name. Some
species
are
covered
with sand. See
Rhizophoda..
Gonocalyx
::
Gonocalyx
(n.) The bell of a
sessile
gonozooid.
Sporophore
::
Sporogony
(n.) The
growth
or
development
of an
animal
or a zooid from a
nonsexual
germ.
Adnate
::
Adnate
(a.)
Growing
with one side
adherent
to a stem; -- a term
applied
to the
lateral
zooids
of
corals
and other
compound
animals.
Gonophore
::
Gonophore
(n.) A
sexual
zooid
produced
as a
medusoid
bud upon a
hydroid,
sometimes
becoming
a free
hydromedusa,
sometimes
remaining
attached.
See
Hydroidea,
and
Illusts.
of
Athecata,
Campanularian,
and
Gonosome..
Ooecium
::
Ooecium
(n.) One of the
special
zooids,
or
cells,
of
Bryozoa,
destined
to
receive
and
develop
ova; an
ovicell.
See
Bryozoa..
Hydrocorallia
::
Hydrocorallia
(n. pl.) A
division
of
Hydroidea,
including
those
genera
that
secrete
a stony
coral,
as
Millepora
and
Stylaster.
Two forms of
zooids
in life
project
from small pores in the coral and
resemble
those of other
hydroids.
See
Millepora..
Proliferate
::
Proliferate
(v. t.) To
produce
zooids
by
budding.
Tritozooid
::
Tritozooid
(n.) A zooid of the third
generation
in
asexual
reproduction.
Proliferous
::
Proliferous
(a.)
Producing
sexual
zooids
by
budding;
-- said of the
blastostyle
of a
hydroid.
Adelocodonic
::
Adelocodonic
(a.)
Applied
to
sexual
zooids
of
hydroids,
that have a
saclike
form and do not
become
free; --
opposed
to
phanerocodonic..
Zooid
::
Zooid (n.) An
organic
body or cell
having
locomotion,
as a
spermatic
cell or
spermatozooid..
Pennatula
::
Pennatula
(n.) Any one of
numerous
species
of
Pennatula,
Pteroides,
and
allied
genera
of
Alcyonaria,
having
a
featherlike
form; a
sea-pen.
The
zooids
are
situated
along one edge of the side
branches..
Gonozooid
::
Gonozooid
(n.) A
sexual
zooid,
or
medusoid
bud of a
hydroid;
a
gonophore.
See
Hydroidea,
and
Illust.
of
Campanularian..
Ascidiozooid
::
Ascidiozooid
(n.) One of the
individual
members
of a
compound
ascidian.
See
Ascidioidea.
Stoloniferous
::
Stolon
(n.) An
extension
of the
integument
of the body, or of the body wall, from which buds are
developed,
giving
rise to new
zooids,
and thus
forming
a
compound
animal
in which the
zooids
usually
remain
united
by the
stolons.
Such
stolons
are often
present
in
Anthozoa,
Hydroidea,
Bryozoa,
and
social
ascidians.
See
Illust.
under
Scyphistoma..
Coenenchyma
::
Coenenchyma
(n.) The
common
tissue
which
unites
the
polyps
or
zooids
of a
compound
anthozoan
or
coral.
It may be soft or more or less
ossified.
See
Coral.
Zooecium
::
Zooecium
(n.) One of the cells or tubes which
inclose
the
feeling
zooids
of
Bryozoa.
See
Illust.
of Sea Moss.
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