Multicellular

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
Such an organism

Adjective

1
That has many cells, often differentiated in function. not-comparable

Adjective

1
consisting of many cells wordnet

Synonyms

colonial organism many-celled many-celled embryo many-celled organization more multicellular most many-celled

Antonyms

monocellular unicellular monocellular organism one-celled

Example

"Tom is a multicellular organism."

Etymology

From multi- + cellular.

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