zoon Meaning, Definition & Usage

Zo"ön noun (Also<
  • Zoon
  • Zoön
)
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. an animal.
Wordforms
plural Zoa
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) (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.

Webster 1913