unicellular
[yoo-nuh-sel-yuh-ler]
- having or consisting of a single cell.
Origin of unicellular
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Protoplasmic movements, you know, and unicellular plants and animals.
The Bacillus of BeautyHarriet Stark
Infusoria and other unicellular animals multiply by division.
The Beauties of NatureSir John Lubbock
The first grade includes only the Protozoa, or unicellular animals.
Stories of the Universe: Animal LifeB. Lindsay
He demonstrated that the Gregarin are unicellular creatures.
The Last LinkErnst Haeckel
The phodella are peculiar symbiontes, or unicellular alg, comparable to the xanthell or zooxanthell of the other Radiolaria.
unicellular
- (of organisms, such as protozoans and certain algae) consisting of a single cell
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unicellular
(yōō′nĭ-sĕl′yə-lər)
- Having or consisting of a single cell, as the protozoans; one-celled.
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unicellular
[yōō′nĭ-sĕl′yə-lər]
- Having or consisting of a single cell. Compare multicellular.
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