Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various small wormlike animals that are parasites of marine invertebrates and have an inner layer of one or more cells surrounded by an outer layer of ciliated cells.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any worm-like, marine
parasite of the phylumMesozoa .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From New Latin Mesozōa, former phylum name : meso– (because the animals were considered to be intermediate between the protozoans and the metazoans in structure) + -zōa, pl. of -zōon, animal; see –zoon.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Mesozoa + -an
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word mesozoan.
Examples
Sorry, no example sentences found.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.