1) Pertaining to animal nature 
• (a.) Of or pertaining to a zooid; as, a zooidal form.
Zo·oid'al adjective Of or pertaining to a zooid; as, a zooidal form. 
zooid, zooidal 1. Resembling an animal; an organism or object with an animal-like appearance. 2. An animal cell capable of independent existence or movement, as the ovum or a spermatozoon, or the segment of a tapeworm. 3. An individual invertebrate animal that reproduces nonsexually by budding or spliting, especially one that lives in a colony in ...