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nephrozoan

nephrozoan noun: a member of the clade Nephrozoa, which includes all deuterostomes and protostomes.

Noun

nephrozoan (plural nephrozoa or nephrozoans)

  1. A member of the clade Nephrozoa, which includes all deuterostomes and protostomes.

Forms of nephrozoan

pluralnephrozoa
pluralnephrozoans

Origin of nephrozoan

From translingual Nephrozoa + -an. By surface analysis, nephro- + -zoan.

Questions about nephrozoan

What does nephrozoan mean?
Nephrozoan means a member of the clade Nephrozoa, which includes all deuterostomes and protostomes.
What part of speech is nephrozoan?
Nephrozoan is a noun.
What is the plural of nephrozoan?
The plural of nephrozoan is nephrozoa.

Words near nephrozoan in the dictionary

  1. nephroureterolithiasis
  2. nephrourinary
  3. nephrourologic
  4. nephrovascular
  5. nephrozoa
  6. nephrozoan
  7. nephrozoans
  8. nephs
  9. nephtheid
  10. nephtheids
  11. Nephthys

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