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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.