different between zoon vs poon

English

Alternative forms

• zoön

Etymology

First adopted by Herbert Spencer in Principles of Biology (see 1864 quotation): from New Latin z?on, from Ancient Greek ???? (zôion, “animal”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?z???n/

Noun

zoon (plural zoa or zoons)

1. (biology) An animal which is the sole product of a single egg.
2. (biology) Any one of the perfectly developed individuals of a compound animal.

Quotations

• 1864, Herbert Spencer, Principles of Biology, page 205, §?73 (1868 reprint; D. Appleton & Co.)

  [… A] zoological individual is constituted either by any such single animal as a mammal or bird, which may properly claim the title of a zoon, or by any such group of animals as the numerous Medusæ that have been developed from the same egg, which are to be severally distinguished as zooids.

Antonyms

• (an animal which is the sole product of a single egg): zooid

References

Anagrams

• nooz, zono-

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch s?ne, from Old Dutch suno, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zo?n/
• Hyphenation: zoon
• Homophone: zo'n
• Rhymes: -o?n

Noun

zoon m (plural zoons or zonen, diminutive zoontje n)

1. son

Derived terms

• kleinzoon
• Mensenzoon
• Zoon des mensen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: seun

See also

• dochter

Anagrams

• ozon

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Noun

zoon

1. accusative singular of zoo

Limburgish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch s?ne, from Old Dutch suno, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Noun

zoon m (plural zeuns)

1. son

Yola

Adverb

zoon

1. soon

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu?n/
• Rhymes: -u?n

Etymology 1

Wikispecies Origin: 1690–1700; compare Tamil ?????? (pu??ai), Malayalam ????? (punna), names for Calophyllum inophyllum.

Noun

poon (plural poons)

1. Any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, yielding a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.

Etymology 2

Clipping of poontang.

Noun

poon (countable and uncountable, plural poons)

1. (US, vulgar slang) Poontang, the vagina, or, intercourse with a woman.

2. (colloquial) A wimp; a pussy.

Synonyms

• (vagina): cooch, pussy, quim; see also Thesaurus:vulva
• (intercourse with a woman): coitus, punani, snu snu; see also Thesaurus:copulation
• (wimp): nestle-cock, sissy, wuss; see also Thesaurus:milksop

Anagrams

• no-op

Esperanto

Noun

poon

1. accusative singular of poo

Middle English

Noun

poon

1. Alternative form of pown (“peacock”)

Old French

Alternative forms

• peon, paon, poun

Etymology

From Late Latin ped?, ped?nem (“footsoldier”), from Latin p?s, pedem (“foot”).

Noun

poon m (oblique plural poons, nominative singular poons, nominative plural poon)

1. walker; pedestrian
2. (chess) pawn

Descendants

• ? Middle English: pown, powne, poun, poune, pon, pawn, paun, pewne
  • English: pawn
  • Scots: poun
• French: pion

References

• poon on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• puon, p'oon

Etymology

From Clipping of Panginoon

Noun

poón

1. lord; master
2. image of a saint

Synonyms

• (lord): amo, apo, Panginoon
• (image of a saint): santo, rebulto

Descendants

• ? Tagalog: po
• ? Tagalog: opo