zooid

名词 zooid:

1. one of the distinct individuals forming a colonial animal such as a bryozoan or hydrozoan

zo.oid

n.（名词）
Biology
【生物学】
An organic cell or organized body that has independent movement within a living organism, especially a motile gamete such as a spermatozoon.
游动孢子：在有机体内可以独立运动的生物细胞或有组织结构的肢体，特别指能动的配子，例如精子
An independent animallike organism produced asexually, as by budding or fission.
个体：通过发芽或分裂而无性生殖的类似动物的独立有机生物体
Zoology One of the distinct individuals forming a colonial animal such as a bryozoan or hydrozoan.
【动物学】 单一个体：不同个体中之一，其形成群居动物（如苔藓动物和水螅纲动物）

【引伸】
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