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zoonite Zool. rare.|ˈzəʊənaɪt|
[ad. F. zoonite (Dugès) or mod.L. zōonitum, irreg. f. Gr. ζῷον animal: see -ite1.]
= zooid; spec. each of the segments of an articulated animal regarded as distinct organisms; a somite. Also attrib. or as adj. = articulated, segmented. Hence zoonitic |-ˈɪtɪk|, a., pertaining to or composed of ‘zoonites’ or segments.
1860Cornh. Mag. I. 203 note, We may adopt Huxley's suggestion, and call all such individual parts zöoids, instead of animals. Dugès suggested zöonites in the same sense. 1860Laycock Mind & Brain II. Contents p. ix, Zoonitic Constitution of Vermes. 1861Hulme tr. Moquin-Tandon ii. ii. 59 The Worm..is composed of segments or articulations..in each of which the same organs are regularly repeated... It may be termed a distinct series of animals... These special organisms have received the name of Zoonites (1826). Ibid. 60 Three sub-kingdoms: I. The Isolated animals; II. Zoonite animals; III. The Associated animals. |