Metazoa

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Metazoa (noun, plural; Greek meta, after; zoon, animal): 1. A small phylum of endoparasitic, ciliated, multicellular organisms composed of two layers, lacking skeletal, muscular, nervous, digestive, respiratory or excretory elements.

2. Often regarded as degenerate flatworms appended to phylum Platyhelminthes.