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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats