protistic
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protistic — adjective Of or pertaining to protists … Wiktionary
protistic — pro·tis·tic … English syllables
protist — protistan /proh tis teuhn/, adj., n. protistic, adj. /proh tist/, n. any of various one celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and… … Universalium
protist — /ˈproʊtəst/ (say prohtuhst) noun Biology in the five kingdom classification system, a member of the genus Protista comprising a variety of unicellular and some multinuclear and multicellular eukaryotic organisms, including some algae, protozoans …
protist — n. any usu. unicellular organism of the kingdom Protista, with both plant and animal characteristics, including bacteria, fungi, algae, and protozoa. Derivatives: protistology n. Etymology: mod.L Protista f. Gk protista neut. pl. superl. f.… … Useful english dictionary
