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zoön

zoön is the alternative spelling of zoon.

Meaning of zoon

Noun

zoon (plural zoa or zoons)

  1. A distinct organism.
  2. Any individual produced from a single egg.
  3. The individuals collectively produced from a single egg, also called a compound animal.
  4. (uncommon) Any of the individuals of a compound organism.
  5. (rare) Zooid.

Forms of zoön

pluralzoa
pluralzoöns

Words formed from zoön

Questions about zoön

What is zoön the alternative spelling of?
Zoön is the alternative spelling of zoon.

Words near zoön in the dictionary

  1. zoölogy
  2. zoömelanin
  3. zoömorphic
  4. zoömorphism
  5. zoömorphisms
  6. zoön
  7. zoönite
  8. zoönites
  9. zoönomy
  10. zoönoses
  11. zoönosis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: zoön (page history and authors); zoon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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