metazoan

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noun

Any animal that is multicellular.

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Meanings

nounmetazoan (plural metazoa or metazoans)

plural metazoa · plural metazoans

  1. biologyAny animal that is multicellular.
  2. obsoletebiologyAny animal that undergoes development from an embryo stage with two or three tissue layers, namely the ectoderm, endoderm, and sometimes mesoderm.
adjectivemetazoan (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving to do with animals that are multicellular.
  2. not comparableHaving to do with animals that develop from an embryo with three tissue layers.

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

From Translingual Metazoa + English -an.

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Translations

Finnish monisoluinen eläin, monisoluinen
  • monisoluinen eläin(zoology) animals with differentiated tissues
  • monisoluinen(zoology) relating to metazoa
French métazoaire, métazoaire
  • métazoaire(zoology) animals with differentiated tissues
  • métazoaire(zoology) relating to metazoa
Polish wielokomórkowiec, wielokomórkowy
  • wielokomórkowiec(zoology) animals with differentiated tissues
  • wielokomórkowy(zoology) relating to metazoa
Spanish metazoo
  • metazoo(zoology) animals with differentiated tissues

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

metazoan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metazoan

MLA

“metazoan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metazoan. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “metazoan,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metazoan.

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