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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -zoa suffix forming plural proper nouns - indicating groups of animal organisms: Metazoa
Etymology: from New Latin, from Greek zōia, plural of zōion animal, living being zo•a (zō′ə),USA pronunciation n. - Developmental Biologypl. of zoon.
-zoa, - a combining form meaning "animals,'' "organisms'' of the kind specified by the initial element, used in the names of classes in zoology:Protozoa.
- Greek zôia, plural of zôion animal; see zoon
- Neo-Latin
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