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单词 Metazoa
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Definition of Metazoa in English:

Metazoa

plural noun ˌmɛtəˈzəʊəˌmedəˈzōə
Zoology
  • 1A major division of the animal kingdom that comprises all animals other than protozoans and sponges. They are multicellular animals with differentiated tissues.

    〔动〕后生动物门

    Subkingdom Metazoa, kingdom Animalia

    Example sentencesExamples
    • However, their importance in elucidating the phylogeny of the Metazoa, particularly the arthropods, has recently increased interest in this group.
    • Now, based on the study with protein molecules, Fungi are regarded as the nearest-neighbor kingdom of the Metazoa, a conclusion which is supported by others.
    • Belt desmosomes are the constituent character of the Epitheliazoa, the next higher taxon above the Porifera within the Metazoa, comprising the taxa Placozoa and Eumetazoa.
    • After analyzing protein sequences from sponges, especially those which comprise receptors, it was established that all Metazoa, including Porifera, are of monophyletic origin.
    • Not only Metazoa, but other multicellular clades such as Fungii and Metaphyta, must also be organized so that their basic body parts-differentiated cell types-are assembled into a hierarchy of functional associations.
    1. 1.1metazoa Animals of the Metazoa division.
      后生动物
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Consider the possibility that the destruction of the Drosophila model will prove generally true, if not for all organisms perhaps, then at least for metazoa.
      • Thanks to the extensive use of recombinant DNA cloning techniques within the past decade, it is now established that the insulin gene superfamily is represented in all metazoa.
      • Cnidarians may be informative about body plan evolution in the metazoa both because of what they share with bilaterians and what they lack.
      • Multicellular animals, or Metazoa, appear in the fossil records between 575 and 509 million years ago.
      • These results suggest that insulin-like genes have coevolved with the appearance of the metazoa (multicellular animals with differentiated tissues).

Origin

Modern Latin (plural), from meta- (expressing change) + Greek zōia (plural of zōion 'animal').

Definition of Metazoa in US English:

Metazoa

plural nounˌmedəˈzōə
Zoology
  • 1A major division of the animal kingdom that comprises all animals other than protozoans and sponges. They are multicellular animals with differentiated tissues.

    〔动〕后生动物门

    Subkingdom Metazoa, kingdom Animalia

    Example sentencesExamples
    • After analyzing protein sequences from sponges, especially those which comprise receptors, it was established that all Metazoa, including Porifera, are of monophyletic origin.
    • Belt desmosomes are the constituent character of the Epitheliazoa, the next higher taxon above the Porifera within the Metazoa, comprising the taxa Placozoa and Eumetazoa.
    • Now, based on the study with protein molecules, Fungi are regarded as the nearest-neighbor kingdom of the Metazoa, a conclusion which is supported by others.
    • However, their importance in elucidating the phylogeny of the Metazoa, particularly the arthropods, has recently increased interest in this group.
    • Not only Metazoa, but other multicellular clades such as Fungii and Metaphyta, must also be organized so that their basic body parts-differentiated cell types-are assembled into a hierarchy of functional associations.
    1. 1.1metazoa Animals of the Metazoa division.
      后生动物

Origin

Modern Latin (plural), from meta- (expressing change) + Greek zōia (plural of zōion ‘animal’).

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