-zoon
a combining form meaning “animal,” “organism” of the kind specified by the initial element, often corresponding to zoological class names ending in -zoa, with -zoon used to name a single member of such a class: protozoon.
Origin of -zoon
see origin at
zoon
British Dictionary definitions for -zoon
-zoon
n combining form
indicating an individual animal or an independently moving entity derived from an animal
spermatozoon
Word Origin for -zoon
from Greek
zōion animal
Medical definitions for -zoon
-zoon
suff.
Animal; independently moving organic unit:spermatozoon.