protistan
/proʊˈtɪstən/
noun
- A single-celled or simple multicellular organism that is not a plant, animal, or fungus, such as an amoeba or alga.
- Many protistans, like plankton, form the base of the ocean food web.
- The pond water sample contained several types of protistans, including paramecia.
- Under the microscope, we observed a protistan moving slowly across the slide.
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