Definition of Metazoans

1. Noun. (plural of metazoan) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Metazoans

1. metazoan [n] - See also: metazoan

Medical Definition of Metazoans

1. Multicellular animals. (05 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Metazoans

metavoltine
metaxalone
metaxylem
metaxylems
metaxylene
metaxylenes
metayage
metayages
metayer
metayers
metazellerite
metazeunerite
metazoa
metazoal
metazoan
metazoans (current term)
metazocine
metazoic
metazoon
metazoonosis
metazoons
metcast
metcasts
mete
mete out
metecorn
meted
meted out
metelimumab
metely

Literary usage of Metazoans

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. General Zoology by Arthur Sperry Pearse (1917)
"The first three stages occur in protozoans as well as metazoans, but it is only in ... According to the Law of Biogenesis, therefore, metazoans arose from ..."

2. The Psychic Factor: An Outline of Psychology by Charles Van Norden (1894)
"The first appearance of cells specialized for sensory-motor control is found in Hydra, one of the simplest of the metazoans, which is yet complex enough to ..."

3. The Science of Human Behavior: Biological and Psychological Foundations by Maurice Parmelee (1913)
"In my opinion it is around these contractile cells that the nervous organs of the higher metazoans have developed, and I therefore believe that these ..."

4. Bibliographia Physiologica by Concilium Bibliographicum, Concilium Bibliographicum, Zürich (1906)
"Ciliary Reversal in metazoans. Amer. Jonrn. Physiol. Vol. 13 p. XIII. ... The Reversal of Ciliary Movement in metazoans. (Contrib. zoöl. Lab. ..."

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