metazoan
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metazoan
noun metazoa · metazoans
- Any animal that is multicellular.
- Any animal that undergoes development from an embryo stage with two or three tissue layers, namely the ectoderm, endoderm, and sometimes mesoderm.
adjective
- Having to do with animals that are multicellular.
- Having to do with animals that develop from an embryo with three tissue layers.
Similar: metazoic
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adjective
Similar: metazoic
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noun (zoology) animals with differentiated tissues
| Español | metazoo |
|---|---|
| Français | métazoaire |
adj (zoology) relating to metazoa
| Français | métazoaire |
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Talk about this word "metazoan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/metazoan. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. metazoan. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/metazoan "metazoan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/metazoan.Cite this
@misc{metazoan_2026,
title = {metazoan},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/metazoan},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
