protist

See also: Protist

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈproʊtɪst/

Noun

protist (plural protists)

1. (microbiology) Any of the eukaryotic unicellular organisms including protozoans, slime molds and some algae; historically grouped into the kingdom Protoctista.
   1. single-celled eukaryotes, prokaryotes and sponges [to 1959]
   2. single-celled eukaryotes and prokaryotes [1959–1969]
   3. single-celled eukaryotes [since 1969]

Related terms

• protistologist
• protistology
• protistological

Translations

eukaryotic unicellular organisms

• Armenian: պրոտիստ (protist)
• Bulgarian: протист m (protist)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 原生生物 (zh) (yuánshēng shēngwù)

• Czech: protista
• Danish: protist c
• Dutch: protist
• Esperanto: protisto
• Estonian: protist
• Finnish: alkueliö (fi), protisti, protoktisti
• French: protiste (fr) m
• Georgian: პროტისტი (ṗroṭisṭi)
• German: Protist (de) m
• Hungarian: protiszta
• Icelandic: frumvera f
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• Ido: protisto (io)
• Irish: prótaisteach m
• Italian: protista (it)
• Japanese: 原生生物 (ja) (gensei seibutsu)
• Korean: 원생생물 (ko) (wonsaengsaengmul)
• Polish: protista
• Portuguese: protista (pt) m
• Romanian: protist (ro) n
• Russian: протист (ru) m (protist)
• Spanish: protista (es)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: protist
• Ukrainian: найпростіш m (najprostiš)
• Vietnamese: sinh vật đơn bào

Anagrams

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