polyzoic
[ pol-ee-zoh-ik ]
adjective
(of a bryozoan colony) composed of many zooids.
(of a spore) producing many sporozoites.
(of a habitat) containing many animals or many different kinds of animals.
Origin of polyzoic
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How to use polyzoic in a sentence
The family Collosphrida comprises all polyzous or social Sphroidea, and constitutes the only polyzoic group among the Sphrellaria.
British Dictionary definitions for polyzoic
polyzoic
/ (ˌpɒlɪˈzəʊɪk) /
adjectivezoology
(of certain colonial animals) having many zooids or similar polyps
producing or containing many sporozoites
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