PARAZOA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Parazoa mean? 

• PARAZOA (noun)
  The noun PARAZOA has 1 sense:

1. multicellular organisms having less-specialized cells than in the Metazoa; comprises the single phylum Porifera

  Familiarity information: PARAZOA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARAZOA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Multicellular organisms having less-specialized cells than in the Metazoa; comprises the single phylum Porifera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Parazoa; subkingdom Parazoa

Hypernyms ("Parazoa" is a kind of...):

subkingdom ((biology) a taxonomic group comprising a major division of a kingdom)

Meronyms (members of "Parazoa"):

phylum Porifera; Porifera (coextensive with the subkingdom Parazoa: sponges)

Holonyms ("Parazoa" is a member of...):

animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia (taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals)