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noun any animal of the subkingdom Metazoa; all animals except protozoans and sponges
originEtymology tree Translingual Metazoa Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English metazoan From Translingual Metazoa + English -an.
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