-zoon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Forming nouns indicating individual members of taxonomic groups whose names end in -zoa.
  2. Forming nouns indicating organisms have a particular specified way of life.

Word forms

-zoon

Etymology

From Latin -zoon, from Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”).

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