-zoon
Meanings
suffix
- Forming nouns indicating individual members of taxonomic groups whose names end in -zoa.
- Forming nouns indicating organisms have a particular specified way of life.
Word forms
Etymology
From Latin -zoon, from Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”).
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