Meride

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Meride \Mer"ide\ (? or ?), n. [Gr. ? a part.] (Biol.)
     A permanent colony of cells or plastids which may remain
     isolated, like Rotifer, or may multiply by gemmation to form
     higher aggregates, termed zoides. --Perrier.
     [1913 Webster]