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Pro·tis·ta
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protist
any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics. -
ciliophora
a phylum of protozoa in the kingdom Protista, comprising the ciliates. -
protistology
the biology of the Protista. -
protozoa
a major grouping or superphylum of the kingdom Protista, comprising the protozoans. -
protozoan
any of a diverse group of eukaryotes, of the kingdom Protista, that are primarily unicellular, existing singly or aggregating into colonies, are usually nonphotosynthetic, and are often classified further into phyla according to their capacity for and means of motility, as by pseudopods, flagella, or cilia. -
pyrrophyta
a phylum in the kingdom Protista comprising the dinoflagellates and cryptomonads.