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Webster 1913 Edition

Protist

Pro′tist

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Noun.

(Zool.)

One of the Protista.

Definition 2024

Protist

Protist

See also: protist

German

Noun

Protist m ‎(genitive Protisten, plural Protisten)

protist

Declension

Declension of Protist

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Protist	die	Protisten
genitive	eines	des	Protisten	der	Protisten
dative	einem	dem	Protisten	den	Protisten
accusative	einen	den	Protisten	die	Protisten

protist

protist

See also: Protist

English

Noun

protist ‎(plural protists)

(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 + sponges [to 1959]
2. single-celled eukaryotes + prokaryotes [1959 - 1969]
3. single celled eukaryotes [1969 -]

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) f
Georgian: პროტისტი ‎(ṗroṭisṭi)
German: Protist (de) m
Hungarian: protiszta
Icelandic: frumvera f

Ido: protisto (io)
Irish: prótaisteach m
Italian: protista (it)
Japanese: 原生生物 (ja) ‎(gensei seibutsu)
Korean: 원생생물 (ko) ‎(weonsaengsaengmul)
Polish: protista
Portuguese: protista (pt)
Romanian:
Russian: протист (ru) m ‎(protist)
Spanish: protista (es)
Thai:
Turkish: protist
Ukrainian: найпростіш m ‎(najprostiš)
Vietnamese: sinh vật đơn bào

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