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A '''zoan''' is a cross between an [[animal (nonfiction)]] and a [[Koan (nonfiction)]], functioning as a [[transdimensional corporation]].
[[File:Wigner–Seitz cell.svg|250px|thumb|Diagram of a Zoan constructed from a [[Wigner–Seitz cell (nonfiction)|Wigner–Seitz primitive cell]].]]A '''zoan''' is a cross between an [[animal (nonfiction)]] and a [[Koan (nonfiction)]], functioning as a [[transdimensional corporation]].


Plural ''zoa''.
Plural ''zoa''.


== Food animal ==
Zoans were bred as food animals for [[Carnivorous dirigible|carnivorous dirigibles]], but now (June 2016) survive largely in the wild.


Zoans were bred as [[Food animal (nonfiction)|food animals (nonfiction)]], but now survive largely in the wild.
== In the News ==
 
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File:Carnivorous_airships_circa_1930-31.jpg|link=Carnivorous dirigible|Flock of [[Carnivorous dirigible|Carnivorous dirigibles]] foraging for Zoans.  USN photo circa 1930-31.
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== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==


* [[Carnivorous dirigible]]
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[Transdimensional corporation]]
* [[Transdimensional corporation]]


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* [[Koan (nonfiction)]]
* [[Koan (nonfiction)]]


== Fiction cross-reference ==
== External links ==


* [[Transdimensional corporation]]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigner%E2%80%93Seitz_cell Wigner–Seitz cell] @ Wikipedia


[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Fictional animals (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Animals]]
[[Category:Transdimensional corporations]]
[[Category:Transdimensional corporations]]

Latest revision as of 06:07, 18 April 2020

Diagram of a Zoan constructed from a Wigner–Seitz primitive cell.

A zoan is a cross between an animal (nonfiction) and a Koan (nonfiction), functioning as a transdimensional corporation.

Plural zoa.

Zoans were bred as food animals for carnivorous dirigibles, but now (June 2016) survive largely in the wild.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links