Metazoa
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- metazoal adjective
- metazoan adjective
- metazoic adjective
Etymology
Origin of Metazoa
Example Sentences
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“Metazoa” brings an extraordinary and astute look at our own mind’s essential link to the animal world.
From New York Times
Our integrative analyses place Ctenophora as the earliest lineage within Metazoa.
From Nature
In the higher Metazoa the whole cell—muscle cell—is specialized for contractility, and shows, as a result of its specialization, a distinct fibrillation.
From Project Gutenberg
The phylum Porifera or Spongi� includes the simplest of the Metazoa or multicellular animals.
From Project Gutenberg
MicroRNAs are very diverse across the Metazoa, and the first ones seem to have arisen in the ancestor to sponges.
From Forbes
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