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ZOOID [3 records]

Record 1 2003-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
OBS

Something that resembles an animal ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
DEF

Qui porte une figure d'animal ou de quelqu'une des parties d'un animal : Minéraux zooïdes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
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Record 2 1977-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
CONT

Branching occurs when one of the buds develops into a terminal bud instead of a normal zooid (...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
CONT

[Chez un Ptérobranche] Quand un bourgeon a déjà acquis un certain développement, il sécrète d'abord une cloison transversale dans le tube qui le renferme; plus tard, il s'échappe de ce tube en sécrétant une zoécie (...) qu'il habite; c'est alors un "zooïde normal".

Spanish

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Record 3 1977-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[It is] one of the normal individuals composing a [bryozoan] colony (...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Il s'agit de] zoécies normales [chez un Bryozoaire] (rôle végétatif nourricier).

Spanish

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