As nouns the difference between metazoan and cnidarian
is that
metazoan is any animal that undergoes development from an embryo stage with three tissue layers, namely the ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm. The term applies to all animals except the sponges while
cnidarian is any of various invertebrate animals, such as jellyfish, hydras, sea anemones, corals and formerly sponges and ctenophores that belong to the phylum
Cnidaria.
As an adjective metazoan
is having to do with animals that develop from an embryo with three tissue layers.
metazoan English
Noun
( en noun)
(zoology) Any animal that undergoes development from an embryo stage with three tissue layers, namely the ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm. The term applies to all animals except the sponges.
(zoology) Any animal that is multicellular.
Related terms
*parazoan
Adjective
(-)
Having to do with animals that develop from an embryo with three tissue layers.
Having to do with animals that are multicellular.
Synonyms
*metazoic
Related terms
*parazoan
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cnidarian English
Noun
( en noun)
any of various invertebrate animals, such as jellyfish, hydras, sea anemones, corals and formerly sponges and ctenophores that belong to the phylum Cnidaria .
See also
* coelenterate
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