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protoctist
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noun
- (in modern biological classifications) any unicellular or simple multicellular organism belonging to the kingdom Protoctista, which includes protozoans, algae, and slime moulds
protoctist
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- See protist
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of protoctist1
C19: from New Latin protoctista, perhaps from Greek prototokos first born
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Example Sentences
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Sex began when unfavorable seasonal changes in the environment caused our protoctist predecessors to engage in attempts at cannibalism that were only partially successful.
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From many partly digested cyanobacteria in a hungry protoctist, a new individual, the green alga cell, and ultimately the plant, evolved.
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Like our protoctist ancestors that evolved from symbioses among bacteria, kefir individuals arose from the physical association of 30 different kinds of microbes.
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