metazoan

As nouns the difference between metazoan and protozoan

is that 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 while protozoan is (cytology) any of the diverse group of eukaryotes, of the phylum protozoa, that are primarily unicellular, existing singly or aggregating into colonies, are usually nonphotosynthetic, and are often classified further into phyla according to their capacity for and means of motility, as by pseudopods, flagella, or cilia.

As adjectives the difference between metazoan and protozoan

is that metazoan is having to do with animals that develop from an embryo with three tissue layers while protozoan is of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a protozoan.

In zoology terms the difference between metazoa and metazoan

is that metazoa is all those multicellular animals of the subkingdom Metazoa while metazoan is any animal that is multicellular.

As an adjective metazoan is

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

In zoology terms the difference between metazoan and metazoon

is that metazoan is any animal that is multicellular while metazoon is one of the Metazoa.

As an adjective metazoan

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

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.

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.

As nouns the difference between metazoan and cnidaria

is that 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 while cnidaria is cnidarian.

As an adjective metazoan

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