Metazoa
Americannoun
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Etymology
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
The Metazoa supply examples of intestinal parasites from the classes Annuloida and Nematoidea.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
And its marvellous development in the Metazoa appears ultimately to depend upon the highly specialized character of germ-cells.
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
The contractile elements in the Metazoa are thus dependent for their stimuli on the nervous elements—the sensory cells and neurones.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
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
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