† Teleozoan. [after Protozoan.] BiologyObsoleterare a group comprising multicellular (metazoan) animals (perhaps spec. those considered to be of the highest or most perfect degree of organization), as contrasted with the Protozoa.
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1867 H. SpencerPrinc. Biol. II. iv. iv. §169. 77 Among the Protozoa..and from the minute anatomy of all creatures above these, up to the Teleozoa.