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-zoan

-zoan suffix: used to categorise animals based on their evolutionary origin, life history, growth-form or ecological preferences.

Suffix

-zoan

  1. Used to categorise animals based on their evolutionary origin, life history, growth-form or ecological preferences.

Words formed from -zoan

Questions about -zoan

What does -zoan mean?
-zoan means used to categorise animals based on their evolutionary origin, life history, growth-form or ecological preferences.
What part of speech is -zoan?
-zoan is a suffix.

Words near -zoan in the dictionary

  1. -ylidene
  2. -yne
  3. -z
  4. -zepine
  5. -zilla
  6. -zoan
  7. -zoic
  8. -zoite
  9. -zolac
  10. -zoon
  11. -zumab

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