Definitions for: Zoon

Webster (1913) Definition: Zo"["o]n, n.; pl. Zoa. [NL., fr. Gr. zw^,on an animal.]
(Zo["o]l.)
(a) An animal which is the sole product of a single egg;
-- opposed to zooid. --H. Spencer.
(b) Any one of the perfectly developed individuals of a
compound animal.