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unicellular
[ yoo-nuh-sel-yuh-ler ]
adjective
- having or consisting of a single cell.
unicellular
/ ˌjuːnɪˈsɛljʊlə /
adjective
- (of organisms, such as protozoans and certain algae) consisting of a single cell
unicellular
/ yo̅o̅′nĭ-sĕl′yə-lər /
- Having or consisting of a single cell.
- Compare multicellular
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Derived Forms
- ˌuniˌcelluˈlarity, noun
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Other Words From
- uni·cellu·lari·ty noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of unicellular1
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Example Sentences
Such unicellular organisms generally are so small that we’d need a microscope to see them.
Protists and ArchaeaProtists are mostly unicellular, but are more complex than bacteria as they contain a nucleus.
The first living organisms formed their hierarchies thus: individual unicellular, or plastide; group of plastides or meride.
The multicellular organism was a colony of unicellular organisms, and its life was a sum of the lives of its constituent elements.
They appertain to cells not yet differentiated, to the unicellular organisms which occupy the first stages of life.
Weismann deduces from this a radical distinction between the unicellular and the multicellular organisms.
In the most primitive kinds of the unicellular protists we find the phenomena of death and regeneration in the simplest form.
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