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Definition of Protista

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

Definition of Protista

1. n. pl. A provisional group in which are placed a number of low microscopic organisms of doubtful nature. Some are probably plants, others animals.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Protista

Literary usage of Protista

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

1. Experimental Morphology by Charles Benedict Davenport (1897)
"protista. — We now come to the consideration of the cases of true pho- ... discuss the distribution of the phenomenon in the different groups of protista. ..."

2. Experimental Morphology by Charles Benedict Davenport (1899)
"protista. — We now come to the consideration of the cases of true pho- ... discuss the distribution of the phenomenon in the different groups of protista. ..."

3. Foundations of Biology by Lorande Loss Woodruff (1922)
"The evidence against this conclusion is derived largely from the relations of fertilization and reproduction in the protista, and Irom the development, ..."

4. The Unity of the Organism; Or, The Organismal Conception of Life by William Emerson Ritter (1919)
"Modern Opposition to the Effort to Make the protista Conform to ... period during' which the effort has been to bring the protista "into conformity with the ..."

5. The Unity of the Organism; Or, The Organismal Conception of Life by William Emerson Ritter (1919)
"Chapter X HISTORY OF THE ATTEMPT TO SUBORDINATE THE protista TO THE CELL-THEORY FT is important to learn how the attempt to subordinate -*- protozoans and ..."

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