zó-

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Irish

Alternative forms

  • zói- (used before a slender consonant)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζῷον (zôion, “animal”).

Prefix

zó-

  1. zoo-
    ‎zó- + ‎eolaíocht (“science”) → ‎zó-eolaíocht (“zoology”)
    ‎zó- + ‎planctón (“plankton”) → ‎zóplanctón (“zooplankton”)
    ‎zó- + ‎spór (“spore”) → ‎zóspór (“zoospore”)

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with zó-

Further reading

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