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metazoans

metazoans is the plural of metazoan.

Meaning of metazoan

Noun

metazoan (plural metazoa or metazoans)

  1. Any animal that is multicellular.
  2. (obsolete) Any animal that undergoes development from an embryo stage with two or three tissue layers, namely the ectoderm, endoderm, and sometimes mesoderm.

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Questions about metazoans

What is metazoans the plural of?
Metazoans is the plural of metazoan.

Words near metazoans in the dictionary

  1. metazincin
  2. metazincins
  3. metazoa
  4. metazoal
  5. metazoan
  6. metazoans
  7. metazocine
  8. metazoic
  9. metazona
  10. metazonae
  11. metazonal

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