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bilaterians

bilaterians is the plural of bilaterian.

Meaning of bilaterian

Noun

bilaterian (plural bilaterians or bilateria)

  1. Any animal that has bilateral symmetry, collectively grouped in the clade Bilateria.
    • Whatever the phylogenetic relationship among bilaterians and the diploblastic phyla, there was clearly a significant expansion in genomic information within the internode that connects the bilaterian clade to other branches.2005, N. S. Sharma, Continuity And Evolution Of Animals, page 91

Questions about bilaterians

What is bilaterians the plural of?
Bilaterians is the plural of bilaterian.

Words near bilaterians in the dictionary

  1. bilaterals
  2. bilateran
  3. bilaterans
  4. bilateria
  5. bilaterian
  6. bilaterians
  7. bilats
  8. bilattice
  9. bilattices
  10. Bilay
  11. bilayer

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