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
That the regional differentiation of the protoplasm in the Metazoa should usually correspond with cell-limits is scarcely surprising.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
Here, then, we leave the lower forms of Metazoa in their condition of permanent gastrulæ.
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 great contrast between the Protozoa, or animals with neither gut nor germ-layers, and the Metazoa, 291which possess both structures, is for the first time clearly brought out.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
So far as these two layers are concerned, and excluding the mesoderm, it would appear that the layer-theory does apply in a very remarkable manner to the whole of the Metazoa.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
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