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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A protist.
2. 2
   free-living or colonial organisms with diverse nutritional and reproductive modes wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   Of or pertaining to the protists. not-comparable

Synonyms

All synonyms

protistprotistprotistic

Etymology

From protist + -an.

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