Metazoa
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- metazoal adjective
- metazoan adjective
- metazoic adjective
Etymology
Origin of Metazoa
From New Latin, dating back to 1870–75; see origin at meta-, -zoa
Example Sentences
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Our integrative analyses place Ctenophora as the earliest lineage within Metazoa.
From Nature • May 20, 2014
From the fact that all Metazoa develop from an ovum which is a simple cell, the evolutionists inferred that all must have arisen from one primordial cell.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
The parasites found in the bowel belong principally to two natural groups, Protozoa and Metazoa.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
For it is surely in itself a most suggestive fact that all the Metazoa begin their life in the same way, or under the same form and conditions.
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 Romanes, George John
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 Romanes, George John
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