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 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
The domain Bacteria comprises all organisms in the kingdom Bacteria, the domain Archaea comprises the rest of the prokaryotes, and the domain Eukarya comprises all eukaryotes—including organisms in the kingdoms Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, and Protista.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
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
For a long time our planet was inhabited solely by such Protista or single-celled primitive creatures.
From Monism as Connecting Religion and Science A Man of Science by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August
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