NOUN | animal | protoctist | any of the unicellular protists |
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Meaning | Any of the unicellular protists. | |
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Member of | Protoctista, kingdom Protoctista | In most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista |
Narrower | alga, algae | Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves |
protozoan, protozoon | Any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic | |
Broader | microorganism, micro-organism | Any organism of microscopic size |
Spanish | protoctista, Protoctista | |
Catalan | protoctist |
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