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Unicellular

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Having or consisting of one cell; one-celled: unicellular organisms.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Describing any microorganism that has a single cell

n. A single-celled organism; a unicell.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Having, or consisting of, but a single cell.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Consisting of a single cell, as some infusorians and some cryptogams; pertaining to or exhibiting only a single cell, as most of the protozoan animals and protophytic plants, and the undeveloped ova of all metazoan animals.

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adj. having or consisting of a single cell

Word Usage

"So Mike has been cataloging a number of components that have one use in unicellular life, and a different use in multicellular life, to show that front loaded designs wouldn't necessarily be lost in the future."

Cross Reference

unicellular animals

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

cellular intercellular

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

multicellular one-celled two-layer bioluminescent saprophytic