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Organisms: Suffix
Answer for the clue "Organisms: Suffix ", 3 letters:
zoa
Alternative clues for the word zoa
Word definitions for zoa in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
plural of zoon (q.v.).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Zoon \Zo"["o]n\, n.; pl. Zoa . [NL., fr. Gr. zw^,on an animal.] (Zo["o]l.) An animal which is the sole product of a single egg; -- opposed to zooid . --H. Spencer. Any one of the perfectly developed individuals of a compound animal.
Usage examples of zoa.
Zoas wandered, in twos and threes, away from the swamp, toward a distant grove of giant redwood trees, gathering samples of ferns, palmlike cycads, tasting the nuts and fruits of the ginkgos.