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zoon

1

[ zoh-on ]

noun

Biology Rare.
plural zoa
  1. any of the individuals of a compound organism.
  2. any individual, or the individuals collectively, produced from a single egg.


-zoon

2
  1. 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.

-zoon

1

combining form

  1. indicating an individual animal or an independently moving entity derived from an animal

    spermatozoon

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

zoon

2

/ ˈəʊɒ /

noun

  1. a less common term for zooid
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈDzԲ, adjective
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  • ·Dz· [zoh, -, uh, -nl], adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of zoon1

First recorded in 1860–65; from New Latin ōDz, from Greek ôDz “aԾ”

Origin of zoon2

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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of zoon1

from Greek ōDz animal

Origin of zoon2

C19: from New Latin, from Greek ōDz animal; related to Greek ōŧ life
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Example Sentences

Saeed Shahmirzai, a senior construction manager for Zoon Engineering, which will install the new lights, said the work would mean nighttime lane closures this fall.

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Illness left Abbado unable to conduct more than sporadically, mostly at Lucerne and with the Orchestra Mozart, which he founded in Bologna in 2004; experimentation decorates his late recordings with that ensemble, including with period-instrument practice, though more affectingly in his concerto collaborations with friends such as the flutist Jacques Zoon and the hornist Alessio Allegrini than in his Mozart, Schubert and Schumann symphonies.

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In “Manitou,” orchestral and electronic blurs envelop the voice of Daniel Monkman, who leads the Canadian band Zoon.

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Cameras on the arms let the surgeons see what is happening, and they can zoon in and magnify the area being operated on.

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According to Ms. Zoon, only one other panda in China is documented to have given birth at an older age than Mei Xiang at 23 years old.

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