word-forming element meaning "animal, living being," from Greek zoion "an animal," literally "a living being," from PIE root *gwei- "to live" (source also of Greek bios "life").
zonal
zone
zoned
zoning
zonk
zoo-
zoo
zoography
zoolatry
zoological
zoologist
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