Explore Protist through 2 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like microorganism. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Protist meaning
- 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.
- Any single-celled eukaryote, prokaryote or sponge .
Synonyms of Protist
Protist vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Protist
- The main meaning on this page is: 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. | 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. | Any single-celled eukaryote, prokaryote or sponge .
- Useful related words include: protistan, microorganism, micro-organism.
- Possible Dutch translations are: protist.
Context around Protist
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Protist
- In this selection, "protist" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include condition this protist is soft and time a protist was identified. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "protist" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with protist
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He therefore proposed that malaria is caused by this organism, the first time a protist was identified as causing disease. (20 words)
In its fresh condition this protist is soft and cartilaginous, varying in color from a greenish-yellow, through red, to a dark purple or purplish-brown. (26 words)
In its fresh condition this protist is soft and cartilaginous, varying in color from a greenish-yellow, through red, to a dark purple or purplish-brown. (26 words)
He therefore proposed that malaria is caused by this organism, the first time a protist was identified as causing disease. (20 words)
Example sentences (2)
He therefore proposed that malaria is caused by this organism, the first time a protist was identified as causing disease.
In its fresh condition this protist is soft and cartilaginous, varying in color from a greenish-yellow, through red, to a dark purple or purplish-brown.