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- proper noun A taxonomic
superphylum within thesubkingdom Eumetazoa — amajor group ofanimals .
Etymologies
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New Latin from deutero- ("second") + Ancient Greek στόμα (stoma, "mouth").
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On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Craniata - > Chordata - > Deuterostomia - > Bilateria - > Animals - >
Planet MySQL 2009
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Planet MySQL 2009
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Oh, come on, can’t all we members of the Deuterostomia superphylum just get along?
Matthew Yglesias » Wednesday Regenerative Animal Blogging 2007
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The bilaterian data set comprised sequences from representative species of Deuterostomia (the Antp complement of
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