zooidとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• zoöid

語源

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

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈzəʊɔɪd/, /ˈzuːɔɪd/

名詞

zooid (plural zooids)

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

派生語

• autozooid
• macrozooid
• microzooid
• polyzooid

形容詞

zooid (comparative more zooid, superlative most zooid)

1. (biology) Relating to, or resembling, an animal.