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51met|a|bi|ol|o|gy — «MEHT uh by OL uh jee», noun. a theory or philosophy of knowledge based on established biological principles …
52met|a|po|di|us — «MEHT uh POH dee uhs», noun, plural di|i « dee y». a large carnivorous bug abundant in the southern United States and an important enemy of the cotton worm and the army worm. ╂[< New Latin Metapodius the genus name < Greek metá after + poús …
53met|a|zo|al — «MEHT uh ZOH uhl», adjective. = metazoan. (Cf. ↑metazoan) …
54met|a|zo|an — «MEHT uh ZOH uhn», noun, adjective. –n. any one of a large subkingdom of animals, comprising all animals except the protozoans (or animallike protistans), having the body made up of many cells arranged in tissues, developing from a single cell.… …
55met|a|zo|ic — «MEHT uh ZOH ihk», adjective. = metazoan. (Cf. ↑metazoan) …
56met|a|zo|on — «MEHT uh ZOH on, uhn», noun, plural zo|a. = metazoan. (Cf. ↑metazoan) …
57met|ic — «MEHT ihk», noun. a resident alien in an ancient Greek city, having some of the privileges of citizenship: »A metic, or foreigner, could not be naturalized as an Athenian citizen, nor could his children become citizens (William F. McDonald).… …
58met|o|pe — «MEHT uh pee, ohp», noun. one of the square spaces, decorated or plain, between the triglyphs in a Doric frieze. ╂[< Latin metopa < Greek metópē < meta between + ópai, plural of ópē holes for beams in a frieze] …
59met|ri|fi|er — «MEHT ruh FY uhr», noun. a person skilled in poetic meter, especially one who writes verse …
60met|ro|ma|ni|ac — «MEHT ruh MAY nee ak», noun. a person excessively fond of writing verse …
