Definition of "zooids" []

• Plural form of zooid. (noun)

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• "In budding, the buds (zooids), differentiate along the length of the "parents body", forming chains until fission separates them into new individuals."
• "The individuality of the species is represented by the whole of the form produced between two sexual reproductions; and these forms, which are apparently individual animals, have been called zooids."
• "” The avicularia, like the vibracula, probably serve for defence, but they also catch and kill small living animals, which it is believed are afterwards swept by the currents within reach of the tentacula of the zooids."