PARAZOA

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Parazoa; subkingdom Parazoa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)