Zoonal
any of the individuals of a compound organism.
any individual, or the individuals collectively, produced from a single egg.
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noun (pl) zoa (ˈzəʊə), zoons
a less common term for zooid (sense 1)
n.
1864, from greek zoion “animal” (see zoo).
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