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单词 metazoan
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  • In the Metazoan body each cell performs, in co-operation with many other similar cells, some one special function or process.

    Elementary Zoology, Second Edition|Vernon L. Kellogg

metazoan

/ (ˌmɛtəˈzəʊən) /

noun

any multicellular animal of the group Metazoa : includes all animals except sponges

adjective Also: metazoic

of, relating to, or belonging to the Metazoa

Word Origin for metazoan

C19: from New Latin Metazoa; see meta-, -zoa

Words nearby metazoan

Metaxas, metaxylem, métayage, métayer, Metazoa, metazoan, metazoonosis, Metcalfe's law, Metchnikoff, mete, metecdysis
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for metazoan

metazoan
[ mĕt′ə-zōən ]

Any of the animals belonging to the subkingdom Metazoa, having a body made up of differentiated cells arranged in tissues and organs. All multicellular animals besides sponges are metazoans.
A multicellular animal. No longer in scientific use.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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