The researcher's team chose to study 10 common species of the ciliated protist – or protozoa microorganisms – because of their ability to reproduce.
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Protist
//ˈproʊtɪst//
Synonyms for "protist" (1 found)
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31 translations across 29 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- պրոտիստ noun (eukaryotic unicellular organisms)
Bulgarian
1 entries- протист noun (eukaryotic unicellular organisms)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 原生生物 noun (eukaryotic unicellular organisms)
Czech
1 entries- protista noun (eukaryotic unicellular organisms)
Danish
1 entries- protist noun (eukaryotic unicellular organisms)
Dutch
1 entries- protist noun (eukaryotic unicellular organisms)
Esperanto
1 entries- protisto noun (eukaryotic unicellular organisms)
Estonian
1 entries- protist noun (eukaryotic unicellular organisms)
Finnish
3 entries- alkueliö noun (eukaryotic unicellular organisms)
- protisti noun (eukaryotic unicellular organisms)
- protoktisti noun (eukaryotic unicellular organisms)
French
1 entries- protiste noun (eukaryotic unicellular organisms)
Galician
1 entries- protista noun (eukaryotic unicellular organisms)
Georgian
1 entries- პროტისტი noun (eukaryotic unicellular organisms)
German
1 entries- Protist noun (eukaryotic unicellular organisms)
Hungarian
1 entries- protiszta noun (eukaryotic unicellular organisms)
Icelandic
1 entries- frumvera noun (eukaryotic unicellular organisms)
Ido
1 entries- protisto noun (eukaryotic unicellular organisms)
Irish
1 entries- prótaisteach noun (eukaryotic unicellular organisms)
Italian
1 entries- protista noun (eukaryotic unicellular organisms)
Japanese
1 entries- 原生生物 noun (eukaryotic unicellular organisms)
Korean
1 entries- 원생생물 noun (eukaryotic unicellular organisms)
Polish
1 entries- protista noun (eukaryotic unicellular organisms)
Portuguese
1 entries- protista noun (eukaryotic unicellular organisms)
Romanian
1 entries- protist noun (eukaryotic unicellular organisms)
Russian
1 entries- проти́ст noun (eukaryotic unicellular organisms)
Spanish
1 entries- protista noun (eukaryotic unicellular organisms)
Swedish
1 entries- protist noun (eukaryotic unicellular organisms)
Turkish
1 entries- protist noun (eukaryotic unicellular organisms)
Ukrainian
1 entries- найпростіш noun (eukaryotic unicellular organisms)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sinh vật đơn bào noun (eukaryotic unicellular organisms)
Sample sentences
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Besides the hundreds or thousands of metres of fungal mycelium in a teaspoon of healthy soil, there are more bacteria, protists, insects and arthropods than the number of humans who have ever lived on Earth.
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