English Explanatory Dictionary

protist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the eukaryotic, usually unicellular organisms—including protozoans, slime molds and some algae—historically grouped into the kingdom Protista (or Protoctista), now distributed over several clades; any eukaryote that is not a plant, animal or fungus.
  2. Any single-celled eukaryote, prokaryote or sponge .
  3. Any single-celled eukaryote or prokaryote .
  4. Any single-celled eukaryote .

Pronunciation

/ˈproʊtɪst/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-protist.wav

Word forms

protist protists

Etymology

From translingual Protista, from Ancient Greek πρώτιστος (prṓtistos).

Synonyms

protistan

Related words

monoprotist protistal protistological protistologist protistology

Derived words

antiprotist protistic

Translations

Armenian: պրոտիստ Bulgarian: протист Chinese Mandarin: 原生生物 Czech: protista Danish: protist Dutch: protist Esperanto: protisto Estonian: protist Finnish: alkueliö Finnish: protisti Finnish: protoktisti French: protiste Galician: protista Georgian: პროტისტი German: Protist Hungarian: protiszta Icelandic: frumvera Ido: protisto Irish: prótaisteach Italian: protista Japanese: 原生生物 Korean: 원생생물 Polish: protista Portuguese: protista Romanian: protist Russian: проти́ст Spanish: protista Swedish: protist Turkish: protist Ukrainian: найпростіш Vietnamese: sinh vật đơn bào
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