different between metazoan vs protozoan

English

Etymology

Metazoa +? -an

Noun

metazoan (plural metazoans)

1. (zoology, deprecated) Any animal that undergoes development from an embryo stage with two or three tissue layers, namely the ectoderm, endoderm, and sometimes mesoderm.
2. (zoology) Any animal that is multicellular.

Related terms

• eumetazoan
• Metazoa
• metazoal
• parazoan
• protozoan

Translations

Adjective

metazoan (not comparable)

1. Having to do with animals that develop from an embryo with three tissue layers.
2. Having to do with animals that are multicellular.

Synonyms

• metazoic

Related terms

• parazoan

Translations

English

Etymology

From New Latin Protozoa +? -an

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p???t??z???n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?o?t??zo??n/

Noun

protozoan (plural protozoa or protozoans)

1. (cytology) Any of the diverse group of eukaryotes, of the phylum Protozoa, that are primarily unicellular, existing singly or aggregating into colonies, are usually nonphotosynthetic, and are often classified further into phyla according to their capacity for and means of motility, as by pseudopods, flagella, or cilia.

Synonyms

• protozooid
• protozoon

Hyponyms

• Thesaurus:protozoan

Translations

Adjective

protozoan (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a protozoan.

Derived terms

• protozoal
• protozoic

Translations