metazoan
noun, adjective
metazoan is spelled M-E-T-A-Z-O-A-N: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, metazoan means “Any animal that is multicellular” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of metazoan is metazoa or metazoans.
How many letters and syllables are in metazoan?
| Letters | 8: M-E-T-A-Z-O-A-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 138,319th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is metazoan?
Metazoan appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of metazoan
- metazoa plural
- metazoans plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does metazoan mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any animal that is multicellular.
- 2
obsoleteAny animal that undergoes development from an embryo stage with two or three tissue layers, namely the ectoderm, endoderm, and sometimes mesoderm.
adjective
- 1
Having to do with animals that are multicellular.
- 2
Having to do with animals that develop from an embryo with three tissue layers.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Metazoan in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense (zoology) animals with differentiated tissues:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | métazoaire |
| Spanish | metazoo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does metazoan come from?
From Translingual Metazoa + English -an.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).