eumetazoan

[yoo-met-uh-zoh-uhn]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

any of a major division, or subkingdom, of multicellular animals with a digestive tract, including all animals except the sponges.

adjective

of or relating to the Eumetazoa.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of eumetazoan¹

Eumetazo(a) + -an

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Example Sentences

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Human genes in ALG 2 have their orthologues co-located on a limited set of scaffolds in , and , indicating conserved linkage of this group of genes across eumetazoan lineages.

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Human genes in ALG 2 have their orthologues co-located on a limited set of scaffolds in , and , indicating conserved linkage of this group of genes across eumetazoan lineages.

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Eumetazoa eumung

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