English

Alternative forms

• zoön

Noun

zoon ‎(plural zoa or zoons)

1. (biology)^[1]:
   1. An animal which is the sole product of a single egg.
   2. Any one of the perfectly developed individuals of a compound animal.

Quotations

• 1864, Herbert Spencer, Principles of Biology, page 205, § 73 (1868 reprint; D. Appleton & Co.)

  [… A] zoological individual is constituted either by any such single animal as a mammal or bird, which may properly claim the title of a zoon, or by any such group of animals as the numerous Medusæ that have been developed from the same egg, which are to be severally distinguished as zooids.

Antonyms

• (an animal which is the sole product of a single egg): zooid

References

1. 1 2 3 “‖zoon, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]

Dutch

Pronunciation

• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /zoʊ̯n/
• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /zoːn/
• IPA^(key): /zoːn/
• Homophone: zo'n
• Rhymes: -oːn

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sone, from Old Dutch *sunu, suno, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús. Compare West Frisian soan, Low German Söhn, German Sohn, English son, Danish søn.

Noun

zoon m ‎(plural zoons or zonen, diminutive zoontje n)

1. son

   Mijn zoon wil met de jouwe spelen.‎

   My son wants to play with yours.

Descendants

• Afrikaans: seun

See also

• dochter

Anagrams

• ozon

Esperanto

Noun

zoon

1. accusative singular of zoo

Limburgish

Noun

zoon m ‎(plural zeuns)

1. son