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Submetazoan vs Metazoan - What's the difference?

submetazoan | metazoan |

As a noun metazoan is

(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.

As an adjective metazoan is

having to do with animals that develop from an embryo with three tissue layers.

submetazoan

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Submetazoan has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'submetazoan':

supination, subvention, subnotation

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