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Zooid vs Ooid - What's the difference?

zooid | ooid |

As nouns the difference between zooid and ooid

is that zooid is an organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozoid while ooid is a small calcium carbonate or iron coated grain found on the seafloor.

As adjectives the difference between zooid and ooid

is that zooid is relating to, or resembling, an animal while ooid is shaped like an egg; ovoid; ovate.

zooid

English

Alternative forms

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Noun

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

    • Derived terms

    * autozooid

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (biology) Relating to, or resembling, an animal.

    • ooid

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geology) A small calcium carbonate or iron coated grain found on the seafloor.

    • Synonyms

    * oolith

    Derived terms

    * ooidal

    External links

    * (wikipedia "ooid")

    See also

    * oolite

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Shaped like an egg; ovoid; ovate.
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