VDict - Definition of protoctista

English - English (Wordnet) dictionary

protoctista

Jump to user comments

Noun

in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals

Related words

Synonyms:
Protoctista kingdom Protoctista

Related search result for "protoctista"

Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "protoctista":
protoctist protoctista
Words contain "protoctista":
kingdom protoctista protoctista
Words contain "protoctista" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
acrasiomycetes class acrasiomycetes myxomycota division gymnomycota division myxomycota gymnomycota protoctista cryptophyta phylum cryptophyta protoctist family more...

Comments and discussion on the word "protoctista"