"placozoan" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: placozoans [plural]
Etymology: Placozoa + -an; compare protozoan, protozoon. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||an}} + -an Head templates: {{en-noun}} placozoan (plural placozoans)
  1. (zoology) Any of a group of balloon-shaped marine organisms, of the phylum Placozoa, considered to be the simplest living animals. Categories (topical): Zoology Categories (lifeform): Animals Synonyms: placozoon Translations (any species of the phylum Placozoa): Plattentier [neuter] (German), Placozoen [plural] (German)

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