Protista
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Protista
From New Latin, dating back to 1875–80; see origin at protist
Example Sentences
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Because single-celled organisms were significantly different from plants and animals, researchers placed all microorganisms in kingdom Protista.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2018
Because bacteria lack nuclei, mitochondria, and chloroplasts, all prokaryotes were placed in kingdom Monera, while single-celled eukaryotic organisms remained in kingdom Protista.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2018
Science is only now learning the true impact of the group Protista.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
For this reason, protist lineages originally classified into the kingdom Protista have been reassigned into new kingdoms or other existing kingdoms.
From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013
They enlarge and diminish, and are possibly excretory like the “contractile vacuoles” of other Protista; though it has been suggested that by their communication with the medium they subserve nutrition.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various
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