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zooid
zo·oid [ zṓ òyd ] (plural zo·oids)


noun 
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member of colony: an individual invertebrate animal that reproduces nonsexually by budding or splitting, especially one that lives in a colony in which each member is joined to others by living material, e.g. a coral
[Mid-19th century. <zoo- + -oid]

zo·oid·al [ zo óyd'l ] adjective
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