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zo·on

Z0024800 (zō′ŏn′)n. pl. zo·ons or zo·a (zō′ə) Archaic 1. An individual animal produced from an egg.2. A zooid.
[New Latin zōon, from Greek zōion, zōon, living being; see gwei- in Indo-European roots.]

zoon

(ˈzəʊɒn) n, pl zoa (ˈzəʊə) or zoons (Zoology) a less common term for zooid1[C19: from New Latin, from Greek zōion animal; related to Greek zōē life] zoˈonal adj