protista

English Thesaurus

1. eukaryotic one-celled living organisms distinct from multicellular plants and animals: protozoa, slime molds, and eukaryotic algae (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	division,
definition	:	(botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum (noun.group)

member holonym	:	protist, protistan,
definition	:	free-living or colonial organisms with diverse nutritional and reproductive modes (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	kingdom protoctista, protoctista,
definition	:	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 (noun.animal)