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Webster 1913 Edition


Zoon


Zo′on

,
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.

Definition 2024


zoon

zoon

See also: zoön and zo-on

English

Alternative forms

Noun

zoon (plural zoa or zoons)

  1. (biology)[1]:
    1. An animal which is the sole product of a single egg.
    2. Any one of the perfectly developed individuals of a compound animal.

Quotations

  • 1864, Herbert Spencer, Principles of Biology, page 205, § 73 (1868 reprint; D. Appleton & Co.)
    [… A] zoological individual is constituted either by any such single animal as a mammal or bird, which may properly claim the title of a zoon, or by any such group of animals as the numerous Medusæ that have been developed from the same egg, which are to be severally distinguished as zooids.

Antonyms

  • (an animal which is the sole product of a single egg): zooid

References

  1. 1 2 3 ‖zoon, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (Netherlands) IPA(key): /zoʊ̯n/
  • (Belgium) IPA(key): /zoːn/
  • IPA(key): /zoːn/
  • Homophone: zo'n
  • Rhymes: -oːn

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sone, from Old Dutch *sunu, suno, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús. Compare West Frisian soan, Low German Söhn, German Sohn, English son, Danish søn.

Noun

zoon m (plural zoons or zonen, diminutive zoontje n)

  1. son
    Mijn zoon wil met de jouwe spelen.
    My son wants to play with yours.

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Esperanto

Noun

zoon

  1. accusative singular of zoo

Limburgish

Noun

zoon m (plural zeuns)

  1. son