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Metazoan
Meaning
Noun
●
In Zoology:
Any
animal
that
undergoes
development from an
embryo
stage
with two or three
tissue
layers
, namely the
ectoderm
,
endoderm
, and sometimes mesoderm.
●
In Zoology:
Any
animal
that is multicellular.
Adj
●
Having
to do with
animals
that develop from an
embryo
with three
tissue
layers.
●
Having
to do with
animals
that are multicellular.
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Origin
metazoan
English
-an
English
-anus
Latin
Metazoa
English
Sourced from
Etym
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