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protist
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun protist has 1 sense
- protist(n = noun.animal) protistan - free-living or colonial organisms with diverse nutritional and reproductive modes; Array is a kind of micro-organism, microorganism
is a member of division protista, protista
OXFORD DICTIONARY
protist, n. any usu. unicellular organism of the kingdom Protista, with both plant and animal characteristics, including bacteria, fungi, algae, and protozoa.
Derivative
protistology n.
Etymology
mod.L Protista f. Gk protista neut. pl. superl. f. protos first
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