zoanhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zoan_combform%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_use-zoan, comb. form
First published 2010

-zoancombining form

  1. 1.
    Forming nouns denoting individual members of taxonomic groups with names in ‑zoa, and adjectives relating to such groups, as polyzoan n. & adj., protozoan n. & adj., sporozoan n. & adj., etc. Cf. ‑zoon comb. form 1.
  2. 2.
    Forming nouns denoting individual animals having the type of body, behaviour, etc., specified by the first element, and adjectives designating such animals, as epizoan adj., microzoan n. & adj., etc. Cf. ‑zoon comb. form 2.

-zoan, comb. form was first published in November 2010.

-zoan, comb. form was last modified in December 2024.