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Metazoa
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What's The Definition Of Metazoa?
[n] multicellular animals having cells differentiated into tissues and organs and usually a digestive cavity and nervous system
Synonyms | Synonyms for Metazoa: subkingdom Metazoa Related Terms | Find terms related to Metazoa: See Also | animal kingdom | Animalia | Cnidaria | Coelenterata | kingdom Animalia | metazoan | phylum Cnidaria | phylum Coelenterata | subkingdom Metazoa In Webster's Dictionary \Met`a*zo"a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? after + ? an
animal.] (Zo["o]l.)
Those animals in which the protoplasmic mass, constituting
the egg, is converted into a multitude of cells, which are
metamorphosed into the tissues of the body. A central cavity
is commonly developed, and the cells around it are at first
arranged in two layers, -- the ectoderm and endoderm. The
group comprises nearly all animals except the Protozoa.
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