Metazoa
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Origin of Metazoa
From New Latin, dating back to 1870–75; see origin at meta-, -zoa
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Our integrative analyses place Ctenophora as the earliest lineage within Metazoa.
From Nature ● May 20, 2014
We now reach the realm of the true many-celled animals, or Metazoa, where the biological units are combined to form an organic association displaying many more resemblances to a human society.
From The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope by Henry Edward Crampton
It is that this universal trait of the Metazoa and Metaphyta, must be ascribed to the primitive action and re-action between the organism and its medium.
From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Herbert Spencer
The whole of the animal kingdom is divided into two great groups, which are called the Protozoa and the Metazoa.
From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions by George John Romanes
Now we have to note that in those aggregates of cells constituting the Metaphyta and Metazoa, analogous distributions also exist.
From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Herbert Spencer
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