METAZOAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: metazoa   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any animal of the subkingdom Metazoa; all animals except protozoans and sponges

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("metazoan" is a kind of...):

animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)

Holonyms ("metazoan" is a member of...):

Metazoa; subkingdom Metazoa (multicellular animals having cells differentiated into tissues and organs and usually a digestive cavity and nervous system)

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