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单词 metazoan
释义

metazoan

noun

meta·​zo·​an ˌme-tə-ˈzō-ən How to pronounce metazoan (audio)
: any of a group (Metazoa) that comprises all animals having the body composed of cells differentiated into tissues and organs and usually a digestive cavity lined with specialized cells
metazoan adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Meanwhile, Knauth theorizes, oxygen-utilizing metazoans could have evolved on moist mats of oxygen producers kept hydrated by rains, lakes, streams and rivers during the late Precambrian. Peter Byrne, Quanta Magazine, 24 Apr. 2014

Word History

Etymology

New Latin Metazoa, from meta- + -zoa

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

metazoan

noun

meta·​zo·​an -ˈzō-ən How to pronounce metazoan (audio)
: any of the animals that comprise the taxon Metazoa, that have the body when adult composed of numerous cells differentiated into tissues and organs and usually a digestive cavity lined with specialized cells, and that usually include the coelenterates and all higher animals but sometimes also include the sponges and mesozoans
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