Associations to the word «Protist»

Wiktionary

PROTIST, noun. (microbiology) Any of the eukaryotic unicellular organisms including protozoans, slime molds and some algae; historically grouped into the kingdom Protoctista.
PROTIST, noun. Single celled eukaryotes + prokaryotes + sponges [to 1959]
PROTIST, noun. Single-celled eukaryotes + prokaryotes [1959 - 1969]
PROTIST, noun. Single celled eukaryotes [1969 - ]

Dictionary definition

PROTIST, noun. Free-living or colonial organisms with diverse nutritional and reproductive modes.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca