'Zoogloea' definitions:

Definition of 'Zoogloea'

From: GCIDE

Zoogloea \Zo`o*gloe"a\, n. [NL., from Gr. zw^,on an animal + ? any glutinous substance.] (Biol.) A colony or mass of bacteria imbedded in a viscous gelatinous substance. The zoogloea is characteristic of a transitory stage through which rapidly multiplying bacteria pass in the course of their evolution. Also used adjectively. [1913 Webster]