Definition of Division protista

1. Noun. Eukaryotic one-celled living organisms distinct from multicellular plants and animals: protozoa, slime molds, and eukaryotic algae.

Exact synonyms: Protista
Group relationships: Kingdom Protoctista, Protoctista
Member holonyms: Protist, Protistan
Generic synonyms: Division

Lexicographical Neighbors of Division Protista

division Chlorophyta
division Chrysophyta
division Cyanophyta
division Cynodontia
division Dicynodontia
division Eubacteria
division Euglenophyta
division Eumycota
division Gymnomycota
division Heterokontophyta
division Lichenes
division Magnoliophyta
division Myxomycota
division Phaeophyta
division Protista
division Pteridophyta
division Rhodophyta
division Schizophyta
division Tracheophyta
division level
division levels
division of labour
division ring
division rings
division septum
division sign
division signs
divisional

Literary usage of Division protista

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Standard Natural History by John Sterling Kingsley, Elliott Coues (1884)
"... has proposed a third division, Protista, of organized beings to contain forms which cannot be certainly classed with either the animal or the vegetable ..."

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