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    DIVISION PROTISTA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Eukaryotic one-celled living organisms distinct from multicellular plants and animals: protozoa, slime molds, and eukaryotic algaeplay

    Synonyms:

    division Protista; Protista

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("division Protista" is a kind of...):

    division ((botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum)

    Meronyms (members of "division Protista"):

    protist; protistan (free-living or colonial organisms with diverse nutritional and reproductive modes)

    Holonyms ("division Protista" is a member of...):

    kingdom Protoctista; Protoctista (in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals)

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