See also: metazoa

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Etymology edit

meta- +‎ zoa. Coined by German biologist Ernst Haeckel.

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Metazoa

  1. A taxonomic kingdom within the domain Eukarya – the metazoa.

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Metazoa was formerly used interchangeably with Eumetazoa.

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