Metazoa — noun multicellular animals having cells differentiated into tissues and organs and usually a digestive cavity and nervous system • Syn: ↑subkingdom Metazoa • Hypernyms: ↑subkingdom • Member Holonyms: ↑Animalia, ↑kingdom Animalia, ↑animal kingdo … Useful english dictionary
metazoa — noun All those multicellular animals, of the subkingdom Metazoa, that have differentiated tissue … Wiktionary
Metazoa — A subkingdom of the kingdom Animalia, including all multicellular animal organisms in which the cells are differentiated and form tissues; distinguished from the subkingdom Protozoa, or unicellular animal organisms. [meta + G. zoon … Medical dictionary
subkingdom Parazoa — noun multicellular organisms having less specialized cells than in the Metazoa; comprises the single phylum Porifera • Syn: ↑Parazoa • Hypernyms: ↑subkingdom • Member Holonyms: ↑Animalia, ↑kingdom Animalia, ↑animal kingdom … Useful english dictionary
metazoan — [met΄ə zō′ən] n. 〚< ModL Metazoa (/span> META + ZOA) + AN〛 in some systems of classification, any of the very large subkingdom (Metazoa) made up of all animals whose b … Universalium
taxonomy — taxonomic /tak seuh nom ik/, taxonomical, adj. taxonomically, adv. taxonomist, taxonomer, n. /tak son euh mee/, n. 1. the science or technique of classification. 2. Biol. the science dealing with the description, identification, naming, and… … Universalium
animal kingdom — noun taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals • Syn: ↑Animalia, ↑kingdom Animalia • Hypernyms: ↑kingdom • Member Meronyms: ↑animal, ↑animate being, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Animalia — noun taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals • Syn: ↑kingdom Animalia, ↑animal kingdom • Hypernyms: ↑kingdom • Member Meronyms: ↑animal, ↑animate being, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
kingdom Animalia — noun taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals • Syn: ↑Animalia, ↑animal kingdom • Hypernyms: ↑kingdom • Member Meronyms: ↑animal, ↑animate being, ↑b … Useful english dictionary
metazoan — [met΄ə zō′ən] n. [< ModL Metazoa (< META + ZOA) + AN] in some systems of classification, any of the very large subkingdom (Metazoa) made up of all animals whose bodies, originating from a single cell, are composed of many differentiated… … English World dictionary