-zoa
1.
a combining form meaning “animals,” “organisms” of the kind specified by the initial element, used in the names of classes in zoology:
Protozoa.
Origin
<
Neo-Latin
<
Greek
zôia,
plural of
zôion
animal; see
zoon
British Dictionary definitions for
-zoa
-zoa
suffix
1.
indicating groups of animal organisms:
Metazoa
Word Origin
from New Latin, from Greek
zōia,
plural of
zōion
animal, living being