1. relating to or characteristic of metazoans (multicellular animals)
Usage: biological; technical

Examples

• The metazoic fossils provided evidence of early multicellular life.
• Scientists studied metazoic evolution during the Cambrian period.
• The transition from single-celled to metazoic organisms was a major evolutionary milestone.
• Metazoic diversity increased dramatically in ancient seas.
• The researcher specialized in metazoic paleontology.