Zoon Definition

zōŏn
zoa, zoons
noun
Webster's New World
An individual animal produced from an egg.
American Heritage
A zooid.
American Heritage
(biology):
Wiktionary
suffix
Animal; independently moving organic unit.
Spermatozoon.
American Heritage
affix
Animal or living being.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Zoon

Noun

Singular:
zoon
Plural:
zoa, zoons

Origin of Zoon

  • First adopted by Herbert Spencer in Principles of Biology (see 1864 quotation): from New Latin zōon, from Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōion, “animal").

    From Wiktionary

  • New Latin -zōon from Greek zōion, zōon living being gwei- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • New Latin zōon from Greek zōion, zōon living being gwei- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • ModL < Gr zōion, an animal: see bio-

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

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