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eumetazoan

American  
[yoo-met-uh-zoh-uhn] / yuˌmɛt əˈzoʊ ən /

noun

  1. any of a major division, or subkingdom, of multicellular animals with a digestive tract, including all animals except the sponges.

adjective

  1. of or relating to the Eumetazoa.

Etymology

Origin of eumetazoan

Eumetazo(a) + -an

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Human genes in ALG 2 have their orthologues co-located on a limited set of scaffolds in , and , indicating conserved linkage of this group of genes across eumetazoan lineages.

From Nature

Human genes in ALG 2 have their orthologues co-located on a limited set of scaffolds in , and , indicating conserved linkage of this group of genes across eumetazoan lineages.

From Nature

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