PROTIST

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Free-living or colonial organisms with diverse nutritional and reproductive modes

Synonyms:

protist; protistan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("protist" is a kind of...):

micro-organism; microorganism (any organism of microscopic size)

Holonyms ("protist" is a member of...):

division Protista; Protista (eukaryotic one-celled living organisms distinct from multicellular plants and animals: protozoa, slime molds, and eukaryotic algae)

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