zooid
/ˈzəʊɔɪd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozoid.
noun
An animal in one of its inferior or early stages of development, as one of the intermediate forms in alternate generation.
noun
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.
adj
Relating to, or resembling, an animal.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéh₃-w-os Proto-Hellenic *d͏̌ōwós Ancient Greek ζωός (zōós) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon) Ancient Greek ζώῐ̈ον (zṓĭ̈on) Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon)der. English zoo- Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English zooid From zoo- + -oid. Compare Ancient Greek ζῴδιον (zōídion, “animal”).
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈzəʊɔɪd/