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PROTOCTIST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of the unicellular protists
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("protoctist" is a kind of...):
micro-organism; microorganism (any organism of microscopic size)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "protoctist"):
protozoan; protozoon (any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic)
alga; algae (primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves)
Holonyms ("protoctist" is a member of...):
kingdom Protoctista; Protoctista (in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals)
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