2. Adjective. (biology) Consisting of a colony of zooids or similar organisms ¹
3. Noun. (zoology) A spore that produces lots of sporozoites. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Polyzoic
1. composed of many zooids [adj]
Medical Definition of Polyzoic
1. Segmented body form, as in the higher tapeworms, subclass Cestoda. See: strobila, monozoic. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polyzoic
Literary usage of Polyzoic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1903)
"Umax M'.l, show- inK the two polyzoic spores. Prom Wasielewski, after A. Schneider.
209). ... ram as polyzoic was erroneous, and regard this species as ..."
2. Protozoölogy by Gary Nathan Calkins (1909)
"... polyzoic, sporocysts subspherical thirty to thirty-four sporozoites. One species,
K. muris, S. and J., from the kidney of the mouse. ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... simple body contains only a single set of sex organs; in the polyzoic cestodes
there are many such sets corresponding usually to the numerous segments. ..."
4. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1908)
"Professor Tiele calls the very earliest stage of religion the polyzoic. This he
does not place in the outline, since we have no information concerning it. ..."
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