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Meaning of "mesozoan" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MESOZOAN

mesozoan  [ˌmesəʊˈzəʊən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MESOZOAN

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Mesozoan is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MESOZOAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mesozoa

The Mesozoa are enigmatic, minuscule, worm-like parasites of marine invertebrates. As of 2012 it was still unclear whether they are degenerate platyhelminthes or truly-primitive, basal metazoans. Generally, these tiny, elusive creatures consist of a somatoderm of ciliated cells surrounding one or more reproductive cells. Decades ago, Mesozoa were classified as a phylum. Molecular phylogeny studies, however, have shown that the mysterious mesozoans are polyphyletic. That is, they consist of at least two unrelated groups. As a result of these recent findings in molecular biology, the label mesozoan is now often applied informally, rather than as a formal taxon. Some workers previously classified Mesozoa as the sole phylum of the lonely subkingdom Agnotozoa. Cavalier-Smith argued that at least some of the mesozoans are in fact protistans, not animals. In the 19th century, the Mesozoa were a wastebasket taxon for multicellular organisms which lacked the invaginating gastrula which was thought to define the Metazoa.

Definition of mesozoan in the English dictionary

The definition of mesozoan in the dictionary is any of several wormlike parasites of the group Mesozoa that live in marine vertebrates.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MESOZOAN


actinozoan
ˌæktɪnəʊˈzəʊən
anthozoan
ˌænθəˈzəʊən
Baron-Cohen
ˌbærənˈkəʊən
Bowen
ˈbəʊən
bryozoan
ˌbraɪəˈzəʊən
Cohen
ˈkəʊən
entozoan
ˌɛntəˈzəʊən
epizoan
ˌepɪˈzəʊən
heliozoan
ˌhiːlɪəʊˈzəʊən
hydrozoan
ˌhaɪdrəʊˈzəʊən
metazoan
ˌmɛtəˈzəʊən
mycetozoan
maɪˌsiːtəʊˈzəʊən
parazoan
ˌpærəˈzəʊən
polyzoan
ˌpɒlɪˈzəʊən
protozoan
ˌprəʊtəˈzəʊən
rowan
ˈrəʊən
Samoan
səˈməʊən
scyphozoan
ˌsaɪfəˈzəʊən
spermatozoan
ˌspɜːmətəʊˈzəʊən
sporozoan
ˌspɔːrəˈzəʊən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MESOZOAN

mesoscale
mesoscaphe
mesosome
mesosphere
mesospheric
mesothelia
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mesothelioma
mesotheliomata
mesothelium
mesotherapies
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mesothoraces
mesothoracic
mesothorax
mesothorium
mesotron
mesotrophic
Mesozoic
mesquin

WORDS THAT END LIKE MESOZOAN

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Joan
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Minoan
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Sloan
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Zoan

Synonyms and antonyms of mesozoan in the English dictionary of synonyms

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mesozoan
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Mesozoarios
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mesozoan
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मेसोझोअन
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mesozoan
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mesozoan
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Trends of use of mesozoan

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MESOZOAN»

The term «mesozoan» is barely ever used and occupies the 206.415 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MESOZOAN» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MESOZOAN»

Discover the use of mesozoan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mesozoan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Gametes - The Oocyte
Much the same process is seen in the self-fertilization of higher plants and of mesozoan and metazoan hermaphrodites. The mesozoan Dicyaema (Fig. 1), which is a parasite of cephalopod kidneys, is made up of several cells but has no body ...
Jurgis Gediminas Grudzinskas, J. L. Yovich, 1995
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Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota: Biodiversity
Cahiers de Biologie Marine 38:151–159. Lapan, E. A., and H. J. Morowitz. 1974. Characterization of mesozoan DNA. Experimental Cell Research 83: 143–151. Submitted: December 2006 Margulis, L., and K. V. Schwartz. 1988. Five kingdoms ...
Darryl L. Felder, 2009
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Marine Parasitology
Mesozoa Dicyemida (dicyemids) Czaker R (1994) Kantharella antarctica, a new and unusual dicyemid mesozoan from the Antarctic. ZoologischerAnzeiger 232, 151–158. Furuya H (1999) Fourteen new species of dicyemid mesozoans from ...
Klaus Rohde, 2005
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Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series
A. adj. Of or pertaining to mesozoa or the group Mesozoa. B. n. A member of the group Mesozoa, comprising minute animals with no organs or body cavity which are parasitic on marine invertebrates. 1909 WEBSTER, Mesozoan, a. 1924 jrnl.
J. A. Simpson, Michael Proffitt, E. S. C. Weiner, 1997
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Intertidal Invertebrates of California
Of the seven dicyemid mesozoan parasites known to inhabit the kidneys, two are specific for this host species: Dicye- mennea californica and Dicyema sullivani. A sibling species, O. bimaculatus Verrill, 1883, also called the two-spotted ...
‎1980
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INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY
... temporary digestive chamber on its underside producing a form strikingly similar to Butschli's hypothetical plakula. Trichoplax may represent the most primitive of all living metazoan. Frenzel in 1892 described a mesozoan animal Salinella.
MANDAL, 2012
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Complexity and the Arrow of Time
As is well known, cephalopods show many striking convergences with the vertebrates, and the case of the mesozoan/chromodinid association might contribute to our understanding as to how a relative of the limpet achieves a level of ...
Charles H. Lineweaver, Paul C. W. Davies, Michael Ruse, 2013
8
Strickberger's Evolution
(a) Placozoan (b) Orthonectid mesozoan Egg cells Axial cells Somatic cells (c) Dicyemid mesozoan Tentacle cavity Gastrodermis Mouth Mesoglea Body stalk Gastrovascular Epidermis cavity. 372 part 4 the organisms Box 16-2 Do Sponges  ...
Brian K. Hall, Benedikt Hallgrímsson, 2011
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The Light and Smith Manual: Intertidal Invertebrates from ...
Dicyema sullivani, a new mesozoan from Lower California. Journal of Parasitology 35: 122-124. McConnaughey, B. H. 1951. The life cycle of the dicyemid Mesozoa. University of California Publications in Zoology 55: 295-336. McConnaughey ...
Sol Felty Light, James T. Carlton, 2007
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Invertebrate Relationships: Patterns in Animal Evolution
Structure of the least familiar lower metazoans: A, the placozoan, Trichoplax adherent, surface view and side view; B, the mesozoan group Orthonectida; C, the mesozoan group Dicyemida or Rhombozoa. specialised forms living unattached in ...
Pat Willmer, 1990

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