1) Subkingdom 2) Subkingdom metazoa
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• (n. pl.) 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 ex...
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(from the article `reproductive behaviour`) In the lower metazoans (multicellular organisms), reproduction is also by both asexual and sexual means. As befits their sessile life-style and low ... The problem of the origin of multicellular animals (metazoans) was long dominated by the German embryologist Ernst Haeckel`s theory that the o...
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<zoology> 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 excep...
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(met″ә-zo´ә) the division of the animal kingdom that includes the multicellular animals, in other words all animals except the Protozoa. adj., metazo´al, metazo´an., adj.
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Met`a·zo'a noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek ... after +
zo^,on an animal.]
(Zoology) 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 ...
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subkingdom of the animal kingdom comprising the multicellular animals in the traditional two-kingdom system of taxonomic classification, in which living organisms were considered to be either plants or animals.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: met′ă-zō′ă Definitions: 1. A subkingdom of the kingdom Animalia, including all multicellular animal organisms in which the cells are differentiated and form tissues; distinguished from the subkingdom Protozoa, or unicellular animal organisms.
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Metazoa is one of the two great sections into which Huxley divides the animal kingdom, the other being the Protozoa. The lowest of the Metazoa are the Porifera or sponges. That portion of the Metazoa which possess a notochord, constitute the sub-kingdom Vertebrata: the rest are invertebrate.
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n] - multicellular animals having cells differentiated into tissues and organs and usually a digestive cavity and nervous system
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metazoa, metazoon Animals are a major group of organisms, classified as the kingdom Animalia or Metazoa. In general they are multicellular, capable of locomotion and responsive to their environment, and feed by consuming other organisms.
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subkingdom Metazoa noun multicellular animals having cells differentiated into tissues and organs and usually a digestive cavity and nervous system
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