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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

;

pl.

Zoa

[NL., fr. Gr.

ζῶ,ον

an animal.]

(Zool.)

(a)

An animal which is the sole product of a single egg; – opposed to

zooid

H. Spencer.

(b)

Any one of the perfectly developed individuals of a compound animal.

See also: zoon, zooen, and zo-on

zoön ‎(plural zoa or zoöns)