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PROTISTAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does protistan mean? 

PROTISTAN (noun)
  The noun PROTISTAN has 1 sense:

1. free-living or colonial organisms with diverse nutritional and reproductive modesplay

  Familiarity information: PROTISTAN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PROTISTAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Free-living or colonial organisms with diverse nutritional and reproductive modes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

protist; protistan

Hypernyms ("protistan" is a kind of...):

micro-organism; microorganism (any organism of microscopic size)

Holonyms ("protistan" is a member of...):

division Protista; Protista (eukaryotic one-celled living organisms distinct from multicellular plants and animals: protozoa, slime molds, and eukaryotic algae)


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