Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Zoogloea \Zo`["o]*gl[oe]"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 zo["o]gl[oe]a is characteristic of a
   transitory stage through which rapidly multiplying bacteria
   pass in the course of their evolution. Also used adjectively.