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zoon
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)
- (biology) An animal which is the sole product of a single egg.
- (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)
- son
Derived terms
- kleinzoon
- Mensenzoon
- Zoon des mensen
Descendants
- Afrikaans: seun
See also
- dochter
Anagrams
- ozon
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Noun
zoon
- 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)
- son
Yola
Adverb
zoon
- 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
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woon
English
Noun
woon
- (obsolete) dwelling; wone
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?o?n/
- Hyphenation: woon
- Rhymes: -o?n
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch wone.
Noun
woon f (uncountable)
- domicile, residence, home, abode (place of living)
- residence, inhabiting (state of residing)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
woon
- first-person singular present indicative of wonen
- imperative of wonen
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