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17 Nouns That End With ZOAN

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actinozoan (noun) sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed Synonyms: anthozoan
anthozoan (noun) sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed Synonyms: actinozoan
bryozoan (noun) sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding Synonyms: moss animal, polyzoan, sea mat, sea moss
ectozoan (noun) any external parasitic organism (as fleas) Synonyms: ectoparasite, ectozoon, epizoan, epizoon
endozoan (noun) any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms) Synonyms: endoparasite, entoparasite, entozoan, entozoon
entozoan (noun) any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms) Synonyms: endoparasite, endozoan, entoparasite, entozoon
epizoan (noun) any external parasitic organism (as fleas) Synonyms: ectoparasite, ectozoan, ectozoon, epizoon
heliozoan (noun) protozoa with spherical bodies and stiff radiating pseudopods
hydrozoan (noun) colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant Synonyms: hydroid
leucocytozoan (noun) parasitic in birds Synonyms: leucocytozoon
metazoan (noun) any animal of the subkingdom Metazoa; all animals except protozoans and sponges
parazoan (noun) primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies Synonyms: poriferan, sponge
polyzoan (noun) sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding Synonyms: bryozoan, moss animal, sea mat, sea moss
protozoan (noun) any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic Synonyms: protozoon
scyphozoan (noun) any of various usually free-swimming marine coelenterates having a gelatinous medusoid stage as the dominant phase of its life cycle
spermatozoan (noun) the male reproductive cell; the male gamete Synonyms: sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoon
sporozoan (noun) parasitic spore-forming protozoan

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