Meaning & use
Zoa
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The plural of zoon, a term for an individual animal organism, used chiefly as a combining element in biological words.
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Biology students learn that 'protozoa' and 'spermatozoa' both end in the same Greek-derived plural, 'zoa'.
The textbook explained how various zoa are classified according to their developmental stage.
A note on using this word
Comes from the Greek 'zoion', meaning 'animal'; the root also survives in words like 'zoology' and 'zodiac'.
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