-zoancombining form
Meaning & use
- 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.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.