PROTISTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Protista mean? 

• PROTISTA (noun)
  The noun PROTISTA has 1 sense:

1. eukaryotic one-celled living organisms distinct from multicellular plants and animals: protozoa, slime molds, and eukaryotic algae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROTISTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Eukaryotic one-celled living organisms distinct from multicellular plants and animals: protozoa, slime molds, and eukaryotic algae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

division Protista; Protista

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

division ((botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum)

Meronyms (members of "Protista"):

protist; protistan (free-living or colonial organisms with diverse nutritional and reproductive modes)

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

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)

 Context examples 

There are five biological kingdoms (Monera, Protista, Plantae, Fungi, Animalia) into which organisms are grouped, based on common characteristics.

(Kingdom, NCI Thesaurus)