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zo·on

 (zō′ŏn′)
n. pl. zo·ons or zo·a (zō′ə) Archaic
1. An individual animal produced from an egg.
2. A zooid.

[New Latin zōon, from Greek zōion, zōon, living being; see gwei- in Indo-European roots.]
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zoon

(ˈzəʊɒn)
n, pl zoa (ˈzəʊə) or zoons
(Zoology) a less common term for zooid1
[C19: from New Latin, from Greek zōion animal; related to Greek zōē life]
zoˈonal adj
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The International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) ordered the Philippine government to pay P800 million to Baggerwerken Decloedt En Zoon (BDC) for scrapping the P18.7-billion Laguna Lake Rehabilitation Project (LLRP) in 2011.
Two distinguished journalists of Pakistan, Asghar Chaudhry from Associated Press of Pakistan and a freelancer Zoon Ahmed Khan were also present on the occasion.
Zoon Ahmed Khan, a visiting research fellow at the Institute of Belt and Road Initiative, Tsinghua University, said that China's willingness to welcome the change shows China's broader Belt and Road mindset.
While opening the second day of a local traditional exhibition at Kuwait Zoon, he said that the country's farms had not been seriously affected by the latest deluge.
Zoon Ahmed Khan from Pakistan, who is also a researcher in the Institute of Belt and Road Initiative in Tsinghua University, Beijing.
The problem could have been mitigated earlier if former President Noynoy Aquino did not cancel the P18-billion Laguna Lake Rehabilitation Project of Belgian dredging company, Baggerwerken Decloedt En Zoon (BDZ), in 2011.
Receiving the largest payment of P417,853,362.24 from the OSG was the White and Case LLP for its services in connection with an arbitration case between the Philippines and Belgian firm Baggerwerken DeCloedt en Zoon N.V.
The largest professional fee for professional services paid by government was for White and Case LLP which received P417,853,362.24 to provide legal assistance in the international arbitration case filed by the Baggerwerken DeCloedt En Zoon N.V.
The delegation, comprising Prof Dr Syed Waqas Ali Kausar, Head of the Department in National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Dr Waqas Idrees Mughal, Dr Raja Wasiq, Sardar Qaiser Khan, Jalal Uddin Mughal and Prof Ms Attia Anwar Zoon, called on the PM here.