celled

[ seld ]

adjective
  1. having a cell or cells (often used in combination): The ameba is a single-celled animal.

Origin of celled

1
First recorded in 1640–50; cell + -ed3

Words Nearby celled

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How to use celled in a sentence

  • Evolution explains how complex and intelligent life developed from simple one-celled organisms.

    Ask the Big Questions | Deepak Chopra, Leonard Mlodinow | October 26, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • In the lower orders of one-celled algæ, reproduction takes place by simple cell division.

    Taboo and Genetics | Melvin Moses Knight, Iva Lowther Peters, and Phyllis Mary Blanchard
  • In a one-celled individual, there is no distinction between germinal and bodily functions.

    Taboo and Genetics | Melvin Moses Knight, Iva Lowther Peters, and Phyllis Mary Blanchard
  • After a few days more, however, several kinds of one-celled animals may appear, some of which prey upon others.

    A Civic Biology | George William Hunter
  • This is a one-celled animal known as the paramœcium or the slipper animalcule (because of its shape).

    A Civic Biology | George William Hunter
  • When conditions unfavorable for life come, the amœba, like some one-celled plants, encysts itself within a membranous wall.

    A Civic Biology | George William Hunter