English Explanatory Dictionary

metazoan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any animal that is multicellular.
  2. Any animal that undergoes development from an embryo stage with two or three tissue layers, namely the ectoderm, endoderm, and sometimes mesoderm.
adj
  1. Having to do with animals that are multicellular.
  2. Having to do with animals that develop from an embryo with three tissue layers.

Word forms

metazoan metazoa metazoans

Etymology

From translingual Metazoa + -an.

Synonyms

metazoic

Related words

eumetazoan Metazoa metazoal parazoan

Derived words

micrometazoan nonmetazoan premetazoan urmetazoan

Translations

Finnish: monisoluinen eläin French: métazoaire Polish: wielokomórkowiec Spanish: metazoo Finnish: monisoluinen Polish: wielokomórkowy
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