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Zoon vs Poon - What's the difference?

zoon | poon |

As nouns the difference between zoon and poon

is that zoon is an alternative spelling of lang=en while poon is any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, yielding a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.

zoon

English

Alternative forms

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Noun

(en-noun)
  • (biology):
  • # An animal which is the sole product of a single egg.
  • # Any one of the perfectly developed individuals of a compound animal.

    • Quotations

    * 1864 , (Herbert Spencer), (Principles of Biology) , page 205, §?73 (1868 reprint; D. Appleton & Co.) *: [… A] zoological individual is constituted either by any such single animal as a mammal or bird, which may properly claim the title of a zoon'' , or by any such group of animals as the numerous ''Medusæ'' that have been developed from the same egg, which are to be severally distinguished as ''zooids .

    Antonyms

    * (an animal which is the sole product of a single egg) zooid (Webster 1913)

    References

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    poon

    English

    Etymology 1

    (wikipedia poon) (Calophyllum) Origin: 1690–1700; compare Tamil punnai, pinnai, Malayalam punna names for Calophyllum inophyllum

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum , yielding a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.

    • Etymology 2

    From poontang.

    Noun

  • Poontang; the vagina; or, intercourse with a woman.
    • I'm gonna get me some poon at this party.
  • (colloquial) A wimp; a pussy.

    • Anagrams

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