subkingdom Metazoa

subkingdom Metazoa
noun
multicellular animals having cells differentiated into tissues and organs and usually a digestive cavity and nervous system
Syn: ↑Metazoa
Hypernyms: ↑subkingdom
Member Holonyms: ↑Animalia, ↑kingdom Animalia, ↑animal kingdom
Member Meronyms: ↑metazoan, ↑Cnidaria, ↑phylum Cnidaria, ↑Coelenterata, ↑phylum Coelenterata

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