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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024zo•on (zō′on),USA pronunciation n., pl. zo•a (zō′ə).USA pronunciation [Biol. Rare.]- Developmental Biologyany of the individuals of a compound organism.
- Developmental Biologyany individual, or the individuals collectively, produced from a single egg.
- zooid.
- Greek zôion animal
- Neo-Latin zōon
- 1860–65;
- a combining form meaning "animal,'' "organism'' of the kind specified by the initial element, often corresponding to zoological class names ending in -zoa, with -zoon used to name a single member of such a class:protozoon.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -zoon n combining form - indicating an individual animal or an independently moving entity derived from an animal: spermatozoon
Etymology: from Greek zōion animal |