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Individual | Individual \In`di*vid"u*al\, n. 1. A single person, animal, or thing of any kind; a thing or being incapable of separation or division, without losing its identity; especially, a human being; a person. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] An object which is in the strict and primary sense one, and can not be logically divided, is called an individual. --Whately. [1913 Webster] That individuals die, his will ordains. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) An independent, or partially independent, zooid of a compound animal. (b) The product of a single egg, whether it remains a single animal or becomes compound by budding or fission. [1913 Webster] |
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