The meaning of "zoon"

[Unwritten]

Hello,

What`s the meaning of the word "zoon"?

I`ve found these definitions:

1. (n.) Any one of the perfectly developed individuals of a compound animal.
2. (n.) An animal which is the sole product of a single egg; -- opposed to zooid.
   
   
   But still I don`t understand the meaning :-?
   

 

[Barb_D]

I've never seen this word before. Can you explain the context in which you saw it?

 

[emsr2d2]

I think the first definition here is more helpful: zoon - definition of zoon by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

If I'm reading it correctly then a human being is an example of a zoon, as we are the result of a fertilised egg.

 

[5jj]

Barb is not alone. I had never met the word before. Unless you are a biologist, you really don't have to worry about this word.

 

[JohnParis]

In a biology class back in the ice-age, I had to learn this term. I had not seen it again until today. The best and most simple definition I found comes from the online medical dictionary: (zoon - definition of zoon by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.)

1. An animal developed from a fertilized egg.

We are all zoons or zoa (either may be considered the plural of zoon).
John

 

[Unwritten]

Thank you all ..

I got the meaning, and I am not a biologist ;-)

Thanks again