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Meaning of "metazoan" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD METAZOAN

From New Latin Metazoa.
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PRONUNCIATION OF METAZOAN

metazoan  [ˌmɛtəˈzəʊən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF METAZOAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Metazoan can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES METAZOAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Animal

Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Animalia. Their body plan eventually becomes fixed as they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their lives. Most animals are motile, meaning they can move spontaneously and independently. All animals must ingest other organisms or their products for sustenance. Most known animal phyla appeared in the fossil record as marine species during the Cambrian explosion, about 542 million years ago. Animals are divided into various sub-groups, some of which are: vertebrates; molluscs; arthropods; annelids; sponges; and jellyfish.

Definition of metazoan in the English dictionary

The definition of metazoan in the dictionary is any multicellular animal of the group Metazoa: includes all animals except sponges. Other definition of metazoan is of, relating to, or belonging to the Metazoa.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH METAZOAN


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

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE METAZOAN

metatherian
metatheses
metathesis
metathesise
metathesize
metathetic
metathetical
metathetically
metathoraces
metathoracic
metathorax
metatungstic
metavanadic
metavanadic acid
metaverse
metaxylem
metayage
metayer
metazoal
metazoic

WORDS THAT END LIKE METAZOAN

bank loan
blue roan
eoan
groan
home loan
interlibrary loan
Joan
jumbo loan
koan
loan
Minoan
moan
on loan
personal loan
red roan
roan
savings and loan
Sloan
student loan
Zoan

Synonyms and antonyms of metazoan in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «metazoan» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF METAZOAN

Find out the translation of metazoan to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of metazoan from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «metazoan» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

后生动物
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

metazoos
570 millions of speakers

English

metazoan
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

metazoan
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

metazoan
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

метазоа
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

metazoan
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

metazoan
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

métazoaires
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Metazoan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Vielzeller
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

後生動物の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

후생 동물
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Metazoan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sinh vật đa bào
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மெட்டாசூவன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेटाझोन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

metazoon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

metazoi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wielokomórkowce
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

метазоа
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

metazoan
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μεταζωικών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

metasoiëse
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

metazoan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

metazoan
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of metazoan

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «METAZOAN»

The term «metazoan» is regularly used and occupies the 78.882 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «METAZOAN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «metazoan» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «metazoan» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about metazoan

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «METAZOAN»

Discover the use of metazoan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to metazoan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fertilization in Protozoa and Metazoan Animals: Cellular and ...
Being aware of the necessity of providing an inte grated view of the process of fertilization, this book has been entirely devoted to reviewing the process of oocyte fertilization at the cellular/molecular level in two different and ...
Juan J. Tarin, Antonio Cano, 2000
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Taxonomy, ecology and evolution of metazoan parasites:
This work includes thirty-six contributions written by a team of seventy-five international specialists on metazoan parasites.
Claude Combes, Joseph Jourdane, 2003
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Fish Diseases and Disorders
More intensive conditions of aquaculture often result in a higher incidence of fish diseases and disorders. As in the first edition, the focus of this second edition is on protozoan and metazoan parasites that cause disease in fish.
P. T. K. Woo, 2006
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Checklist of the metazoan parasites of fishes of the Czech ...
Contemporary overview of the species composition of 344 parasites, their fish hosts and distribution in the Czech and Slovak Republics.
František Moravec, 2001
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Molecular Phylogenetics of the Metazoan Clade Lophotrochozoa
DNA sequencing and phylogenetic analyses were conducted to investigate evolutionary relationships between taxa within the metazoan clade Lophotrochozoa.
Yale J Passamaneck, 2003
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Channel Catfish Farming Handbook
METAZOAN PARASITES Metazoans are multicellular organisms that develop from embryos. The metazoan parasites of channel catfish include certain crustaceans, trematodes (flukes), cestodes (tapeworms), nematodes ( roundworms), and ...
Craig C. Tucker, Edwin H. Robinson, 1990
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Metazoan Life Without Oxygen
Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
C. Bryant, 1991
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Introduction to Marine Genomics
These domains are found in metazoan cell adhesion proteins (e.g. extracellular cadherin, sugar-binding C-type lectins, immunoglobulin, andintegrin αdomains) and extra-cellular matrix (ECM) components (fibronectins) including basement ...
Jeremy Mark Cock, 2010
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The History and Sedimentology of Ancient Reef Systems
delayed the arrival of metazoan reefs until the Tommotian, favored by warmer equatorial ocean temperatures. Buddemeier and Fautin (1996) and Bud- demeier (1997) point out that increased growth and calcification of coralline algae and ...
George D. Stanley, 2001
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Cytology, with Special Reference to the Metazoan Nucleus
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Wilfred Eade Agar, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «METAZOAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term metazoan is used in the context of the following news items.
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New Fossils Before and After the Cambrian, What Do They Show?
... of the "metazoan genetic toolkit" associated with complex animals very ... metazoan genetic toolkit must have originated in the Cryogenian. «Discovery Institute, Jul 15»
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Mary's Monday Metazoan: Long pig preferred
I'm going to stay away from Mary for a while. It was a busy weekend for both of us, we're both really tired, and then she sends me this as an ... «ScienceBlogs, Jul 15»
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Metazoans in the DNAi Club
... Omotezako of Osaka University, it appears that DNAi can also silence genes in a metazoan, specifically, the tiny tunicate Oikopleura dioica. «The Scientist, Jul 15»
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Opinion: Too Many Mitochondrial Genome Papers
Paper or no paper, 90 percent of all sequenced mtDNAs are metazoan, and only about 3 percent of are from protists. This distribution of data ... «The Scientist, Jun 15»
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How to Win the War Against Infection, Inflammation, Disease and …
Yes, this is metazoan parasite theory. “This research could be important in the development of vaccines against a variety of pathogens,” he ... «HealthCanal.com, Jun 15»
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Finding the right size
Cell and nucleus size vary dramatically between developmental stages, cell types and species. During metazoan early development, embryos ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
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MacroH2A1 downregulation enhances the stem-like properties of …
Histone variants in metazoan development. Dev Cell 2010; 19: 662–674. | Article | PubMed | ISI | CAS |; Vardabasso C, Hasson D, Ratnakumar ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
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Ambivalent covariance models
Return to text. Marz M, Kirsten T, Stadler PF. Evolution of Spliceosomal snRNA genes in Metazoan animals. J Mol Evol. 2008; 67(6):594-607. «BMC Blogs Network, May 15»
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Domain similarity based orthology detection
Proteomes of 32 arthropods were downloaded from the Ensembl Metazoan website, version 20 (Additional file 1: Table S1). The arthropod ... «BMC Blogs Network, May 15»
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The Deeper Issues of the Worm Video Debate: Ursula …
2013), this seems a reasonable candidate. The target for the origin of metazoan multicellularity will be a creature with diploid (somatic) cells ... «Discovery Institute, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Metazoan [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/metazoan>. Apr 2024 ».
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