Definition of metazoan in English:
metazoan
noun ˌmɛtəˈzəʊənˌmɛdəˈzoʊən
Zoology An animal of the Metazoa division.
Example sentencesExamples
- Early metazoan evolution, prior to the emergence of the clade that gave rise to crown taxa, involved a number of innovations.
- Conflicting evidence on the position of brachiopods in metazoan phylogeny exists.
- It even remained unclear if Porifera share one common ancestor with other metazoan phyla.
- Sponges and diploblasts (cnidarians and ctenophores) are basal to the triploblastic metazoans.
- Extrapolating from these studies and from comparisons of the morphology of epithelia in lower metazoans, I propose how epithelia arose in the stem metazoan.
adjective ˌmɛtəˈzəʊənˌmɛdəˈzoʊən
Zoology Relating to or denoting metazoans.
Example sentencesExamples
- Proof of such genes would require complete genome sequences of representatives from each of the basal metazoan phyla.
- They remain the most mysterious parts of metazoan history.
- Dashed lines represent an amalgam of three conservative estimates of the inferred metazoan phylogeny.
- Conflicting evidence on the position of brachiopods in metazoan phylogeny exists.
- In recent years, much progress has been made in understanding of the evolution of metazoan developmental mechanisms.
Definition of metazoan in US English:
metazoan
nounˌmɛdəˈzoʊənˌmedəˈzōən
Zoology An animal of the Metazoa division.
Example sentencesExamples
- Conflicting evidence on the position of brachiopods in metazoan phylogeny exists.
- Sponges and diploblasts (cnidarians and ctenophores) are basal to the triploblastic metazoans.
- It even remained unclear if Porifera share one common ancestor with other metazoan phyla.
- Early metazoan evolution, prior to the emergence of the clade that gave rise to crown taxa, involved a number of innovations.
- Extrapolating from these studies and from comparisons of the morphology of epithelia in lower metazoans, I propose how epithelia arose in the stem metazoan.
adjectiveˌmɛdəˈzoʊənˌmedəˈzōən
Zoology Relating to or denoting metazoans.
Example sentencesExamples
- In recent years, much progress has been made in understanding of the evolution of metazoan developmental mechanisms.
- They remain the most mysterious parts of metazoan history.
- Conflicting evidence on the position of brachiopods in metazoan phylogeny exists.
- Proof of such genes would require complete genome sequences of representatives from each of the basal metazoan phyla.
- Dashed lines represent an amalgam of three conservative estimates of the inferred metazoan phylogeny.