• Unicellular

    Full definition of unicellular

    Adjective

    unicellular

    1. (biology) Describing any microorganism that has a single cell

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    Noun

    unicellular

    (plural unicellulars)
    1. A single-celled organism; a unicell.
      • 1931, Ezra Bowen, An hypothesis of population growth‎Among unicellulars, the rate of increase is beyond belief.
      • 1986, Johan A J Metz, O Diekmann, The dynamics of physiologically structured populations‎In unicellulars the uncoupling of the various nutritional and energy sources is much more widely spread.
      • 2006, J Arthur Thomson, Heredity‎More or less distinct specialisation of reproductive elements in some unicellulars.
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