Meaning of protist | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any of the eukaryotic, usually unicellular organisms—including protozoans, slime molds and some algae—historically grouped into the kingdom Protista (or Protoctista), now distributed over several clades; any eukaryote that is not a plant, animal or fungus.
2. Any single-celled eukaryote, prokaryote or sponge .
3. Any single-celled eukaryote or prokaryote .
4. Any single-celled eukaryote .

Equivalents

Examples

“Besides the hundreds or thousands of metres of fungal mycelium in a teaspoon of healthy soil, there are more bacteria, protists, insects and arthropods than the number of humans who have ever lived on Earth.”

CEFR level