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noun
Any of the eukaryotic, usually unicellular organisms—including protozoans, slime molds and some algae—historically grouped into the kingdom Protista (or Protoctista), now distributed over several clades; any eukaryote that is not a plant, animal or fungus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, microbiology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: protistan
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of the eukaryotic, usually unicellular organisms—including protozoans, slime molds and some algae—historically grouped into the kingdom Protista (or Protoctista), now distributed over several clades; any eukaryote that is not a plant, animal or fungus.
Any single-celled eukaryote, prokaryote or sponge .
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, microbiology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: protistan
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of the eukaryotic, usually unicellular organisms—including protozoans, slime molds and some algae—historically grouped into the kingdom Protista (or Protoctista), now distributed over several clades; any eukaryote that is not a plant, animal or fungus.
Any single-celled eukaryote or prokaryote .
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, microbiology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: protistan
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of the eukaryotic, usually unicellular organisms—including protozoans, slime molds and some algae—historically grouped into the kingdom Protista (or Protoctista), now distributed over several clades; any eukaryote that is not a plant, animal or fungus.
Any single-celled eukaryote .
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, microbiology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: protistan
Antonyms: none provided
noun
free-living or colonial organisms with diverse nutritional and reproductive modes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: protistan
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: microorganism, micro-organism
History
From translingual Protista, from Ancient Greek πρώτιστος (prṓtistos).
Across languages
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