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premetazoan

premetazoan adjective: prior to the evolution of metazoans.

Adjective

premetazoan (not comparable)

  1. Prior to the evolution of metazoans

Noun

premetazoan (plural premetazoans)

  1. Any such organism

Forms of premetazoan

pluralpremetazoans

Origin of premetazoan

From pre- + metazoan.

Questions about premetazoan

What does premetazoan mean?
Premetazoan means prior to the evolution of metazoans.
What part of speech is premetazoan?
Premetazoan can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near premetazoan in the dictionary

  1. premetallized
  2. premetamorphic
  3. premetaphase
  4. premetaphases
  5. premetastatic
  6. premetazoan
  7. premetazoans
  8. premethodical
  9. premethylated
  10. premetric
  11. premetrics

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