metazoan

English

Etymology

From Metazoa +‎ -an.

Noun

metazoan (plural metazoans)

1. (zoology, deprecated) Any animal that undergoes development from an embryo stage with two or three tissue layers, namely the ectoderm, endoderm, and sometimes mesoderm.
2. (zoology) Any animal that is multicellular.

Related terms

• eumetazoan
• Metazoa
• metazoal
• parazoan
• protozoan

Translations

(zoology) animals with differentiated tissues

• Finnish: monisoluinen eläin
• French: métazoaire (fr) m
• Spanish: metazoo m

Adjective

metazoan (not comparable)

1. Having to do with animals that develop from an embryo with three tissue layers.
2. Having to do with animals that are multicellular.

Synonyms

• metazoic

Related terms

• parazoan

Translations

(zoology) relating to metazoa

• Finnish: monisoluinen (fi)
• French: métazoaire (fr) m or f