-zoon
a combining form meaning “animal,” “organism” of the kind specified by the initial element, often corresponding to zoological cl-ss names ending in -zoa, with -zoon, used to name a single member of such a cl-ss:
protozoon.
-zoon
combining form
indicating an individual animal or an independently moving ent-ty derived from an animal spermatozoon
word origin
from greek zōion animal
-zoon suff.
animal; independently moving organic unit: spermatozoon.
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- -zygous
-zygous suff. having a zygotic const-tution of a specified kind: heterozygous. -zygous a suffix meaning “having zygotes of a specified kind,” as in heterozygous.
- -zyme
-zyme suff. enzyme: lysozyme.
- .22
[twen-tee-too, twuhn-] /ˈtwɛn tiˈtu, ˈtwʌn-/ noun, plural .22s, .22’s. a rifle or pistol using a cartridge .22 inch in diameter and of varying length. the cartridge itself. also, twenty-two.
- .22's
[twen-tee-too, twuhn-] /ˈtwɛn tiˈtu, ˈtwʌn-/ noun, plural .22s, .22’s. a rifle or pistol using a cartridge .22 inch in diameter and of varying length. the cartridge itself. also, twenty-two.
- .45
noun, plural .45s, .45’s. a pistol, revolver, or cartridge of .45-caliber, or having a diameter of .45 inch. also, forty-five.