eumetazoan

[ yoo-met-uh-zoh-uhn ]

noun

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

adjective

1. of or relating to the Eumetazoa.

Word History and Origins

Origin of eumetazoan¹

Eumetazo(a) + -an

Example Sentences

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.

From Nature

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.

From Nature