unicellular

English

Adjective

unicellular (not comparable)

1. (biology) Describing any microorganism that has a single cell

Related terms

• multicellular

Translations

having a single cell

Catalan: unicel·lular (ca) Croatian: jednostàničan (hr) Czech: jednobuněčný (cs) Dutch: ééncellig (nl) Finnish: yksisoluinen (fi) French: unicellulaire (fr) m. and f. Galician: unicelular (gl)

German: einzellig (de) Greek: μονοκύτταρος (el) (monokyttaros) Irish: aoncheallach (ga) Italian: unicellulare (it) Manx: un-chillagagh (gv) Spanish: unicelular (es) m. and f.

Noun

unicellular (plural unicellulars)

1. A single-celled organism; a unicell.
   • 1931, Ezra Bowen, An hypothesis of population growth‎

     Among unicellulars, the rate of increase is beyond belief.

   • 1986, Johan A J Metz, O Diekmann, The dynamics of physiologically structured populations‎

     In unicellulars the uncoupling of the various nutritional and energy sources is much more widely spread.

   • 2006, J Arthur Thomson, Heredity‎

     More or less distinct specialisation of reproductive elements in some unicellulars.

Translations

single-celled organism

Dutch: ééncellige (nl) m. German: Einzeller (de) m.

Welsh: ungellog (cy)