-zoon
suff.（后缀）

Animal; independently moving organic unit:
表示“动物；独立移动的生物体”：
spermatozoon.
精子

语源

New Latin -zōon
现代拉丁语 -zōon
from Greek zōion, zōon [living being] * see g ^wei-
源自希腊语 zōion, zōon [生物] *参见 g ^wei-

-zoon

combining form in countable noun

indicating an individual animal or an independently moving entity derived from an animal

⇒ spermatozoon

Origin

from Greek zōion animal

-zoon

Word Origin

a combining form meaning “animal,” “organism” of the kind specified by the initial element, often corresponding to zoological class names ending in -zoa, with -zoon, used to name a single member of such a class:

protozoon.

Origin

see zoon

Related Words

cytozoon
dermatozoon
ectozoon
entozoon
epizoon
hematozoon

-zoona combining form of zoon.

-zoon
noun combining form
(plural -zoa)

ETYMOLOGY New Latin, from Greek zōion

: animal : zooid
spermatozoon

-zoon /ˈzəʊən/ suffix. Pl. -zoa /ˈzəʊə/.

ORIGIN: from Greek zōion animal; in sense 2 from Modern Latin taxonomic names in -zoa: see -on.

Zoology.

1.Forming nouns denoting individual animals etc. (esp. small invertebrates or single-celled organisms) having a specific mode of life or function, as cryptozoon, epizoon, spermatozoon, etc.

2.Forming nouns from names of zoological classes etc. ending in -zoa, as hydrozoon, protozoon. Cf. -zoan 1.

-zoon
noun combining form
(plural -zoa \“\)
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek zōion animal
: living being : animal : zooid
< anthozoon >
< hematozoon >
< spermatozoon >

词汇	-zoon
词根词缀	AHD Collins Dictionary.com Macquarie MWCD SOED Webster -zoon suff.（后缀） Animal; independently moving organic unit: 表示“动物；独立移动的生物体”： spermatozoon. 精子语源 New Latin -zōon 现代拉丁语 -zōon from Greek zōion, zōon [living being] * see g ^wei- 源自希腊语 zōion, zōon [生物] 参见 g ^wei- -zoon combining form in countable noun indicating an individual animal or an independently moving entity derived from an animal ⇒ spermatozoon Origin from Greek zōion* animal -zoon Word Origin 1 a combining form meaning “animal,” “organism” of the kind specified by the initial element, often corresponding to zoological class names ending in -zoa, with -zoon, used to name a single member of such a class: protozoon. Origin see zoon Related Words cytozoon dermatozoon ectozoon entozoon epizoon hematozoon -zoona combining form of zoon. -zoon noun combining form (plural -zoa) ETYMOLOGY New Latin, from Greek zōion : animal : zooid spermatozoon -zoon /ˈzəʊən/ suffix. Pl. -zoa /ˈzəʊə/. ORIGIN: from Greek zōion animal; in sense 2 from Modern Latin taxonomic names in -zoa: see -on. Zoology. 1.Forming nouns denoting individual animals etc. (esp. small invertebrates or single-celled organisms) having a specific mode of life or function, as cryptozoon, epizoon, spermatozoon, etc. 2.Forming nouns from names of zoological classes etc. ending in -zoa, as hydrozoon, protozoon. Cf. -zoan 1. -zoon noun combining form (plural -zoa \“\) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek zōion animal : living being : animal : zooid < anthozoon > < hematozoon > < spermatozoon >
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