zone, zona
(noun) (anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure
Source: WordNet® 3.1
zona (plural zonas or zonae or zonæ)
(science) A zone or band; a layer.
zona (plural zonas)
A species of silverside fish (Atheriniformes), Bedotia geayi, from Madagascar, also called red-tailed silverside.
• -zoan, Azon, onza
Zona (plural Zonas)
A surname.
A female given name.
An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Zona is the 19062nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1428 individuals. Zona is most common among White (95.73%) individuals.
• -zoan, Azon, onza
Source: Wiktionary
Zo"na, n.; pl. Zonæ. Etym: [L., a girdle. See Zone.]
Definition: A zone or band; a layer. Zona pellucida. Etym: [NL.] (Biol.) (a) The outer transparent layer, or envelope, of the ovum. It is a more or less elastic membrane with radiating striæ, and corresponds to the cell wall of an ordinary cell. See Ovum, and Illust. of Microscope. (b) The zona radiata.
– Zona radiata Etym: [NL.] (Biol.), a radiately striated membrane situated next the yolk of an ovum, or separated from it by a very delicate membrane only.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 December 2024
(noun) a forest fire fighter who is sent to battle remote and severe forest fires (often for days at a time)
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
