Definition of protoctist Protoctist
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What does protoctist mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: protoctists |
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| protoctist - any of the unicellular protists | ||
| micro-organism, microorganism any organism of microscopic size | ||
| kingdom protoctista, protoctista in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals | ||
| protozoan, protozoon any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic | ||
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Wiktionary 
- protoctist (Noun)
Any of several unicellular protists, of the kingdom formerly named Protoctista but now named Protista. - protoctist (Adjective)
Of or pertaining to these organisms.
Part of speech
🔤- protoctist, noun, singular of protoctists.
