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 -zoan /ˈzəʊən/ suffix.ORIGIN: from Greek zōion animal + -an; in sense 1 through Modern Latin taxonomic names in -zoa.Zoology. 1.Forming nouns and adjectives from names of zoological classes etc. ending in -zoa, as anthozoan, hydrozoan, protozoan, sporozoan, etc. 2.= -zoon 1. -zoanSuffix  zoology Used primarily as a tool in zoology to form words used for categorising animals based on their evolutionary origin, life-history, growth-form or ecological preferences.
 Derived termsanthozoan - a member of the anthozoabryozoan - a member of the bryozoacubozoan - a member of the cubozoahydrozoan - a member of the hydrozoametazoan - an animalprotozoan a member of the protozoascyphozoan a member of the scyphozoa See also-phytezoo-zoon |