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zoa
1[ zoh-uh ]
-zoa
2- a combining form meaning “animals,” “organisms” of the kind specified by the initial element, used in the names of classes in zoology:
Protozoa.
-zoa
2suffix forming plural proper nouns
- indicating groups of animal organisms
Metazoa
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Origin of zoa1
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Example Sentences
But that risk pales compared to the risk of AIPAC becoming ECI or ZOA.
In the majority of the Decapoda the larva leaves the egg in a form known as the Zoa (fig. 210).
The next stage (fig. 215) at any rate represents the commencement of the Zoa series.
Amongst the other Macrura the larva generally leaves the egg as a Zoa similar to that of the prawns.
Before the close of the Zoa condition a small and unjointed palp appears on the mandible.
In Penus the larv are of comparatively simple form, but in the allied genus Sergestes the zoa has a very remarkable appearance.
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