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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PROTIST

From New Latin Protista most primitive organisms, from Greek prōtistos the very first, from prōtos first.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PROTIST

protist  [ˈprəʊtɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROTIST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Protist is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PROTIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

protist

Protist

Protists /ˈproʊtɨst/ are a large and diverse group of eukaryotic microorganisms, which belong to the kingdom Protista. There have been attempts to remove the kingdom from the taxonomy but it is still very much in use. The use of Protoctista is also preferred by various organisations and institutions. Molecular information has been used to redefine this group in modern taxonomy as diverse and often distantly related phyla. The group of protists is now considered to mean diverse phyla that are not closely related through evolution and have different life cycles, trophic levels, modes of locomotion and cellular structures. Besides their relatively simple levels of organization, the protists do not have much in common. They are unicellular, or they are multicellular without specialized tissues, and this simple cellular organization distinguishes the protists from other eukaryotes, such as fungi, animals and plants. The term protista was first used by Ernst Haeckel in 1866.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROTIST


Adventist
ˈædvɛntɪst
anecdotist
ˌænɪkˈdəʊtɪst
artist
ˈɑːtɪst
Baptist
ˈbæptɪst
dentist
ˈdɛntɪst
elitist
ɪˈliːtɪst
fittest
ˈfɪtɪst
flautist
ˈflɔːtɪst
greatest
ˈɡreɪtɪst
hottest
ˈhɒtɪst
latest
ˈleɪtɪst
leftist
ˈlɛftɪst
orthodontist
ˌɔːθəʊˈdɒntɪst
peyotist
ˈpeɪəʊtɪst
practised
ˈpræktɪst
rightist
ˈraɪtɪst
scientist
ˈsaɪəntɪst
Scotist
ˈskəʊtɪst
separatist
ˈsɛpərətɪst
unnoticed
ʌnˈnəʊtɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROTIST

prothetic
prothetically
prothonotarial
prothonotariat
prothonotaries
prothonotary
prothoraces
prothoracic
prothorax
prothrombin
protistan
protistic
protistologist
protistology
protium
Proto team
Proto-Germanic
Proto-Indo-European
Proto-Norse
protoactinium

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROTIST

bibliotist
Church of Christ, Scientist
corporatist
demotist
egotist
graphic artist
hypnotist
John the Baptist
librettist
make-up artist
narcotist
nepotist
occultist
orthotist
research scientist
Saint John the Baptist
Seventh-Day Adventist
shootist
the Baptist
visual artist

Synonyms and antonyms of protist in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «protist» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROTIST

Find out the translation of protist to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of protist from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «protist» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

原生生物
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

protista
570 millions of speakers

English

protist
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

protist
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أولاني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

protist
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

protist
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

protist
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

protistes
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Protist
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Protisten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

原生生物
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

원생 생물
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Protista
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

sinh vật đơn bào
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒருசெல் உயிரினம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रोस्टिस्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

protist
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

protista
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

protist
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

protist
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

protist
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

protist
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Protist
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

protist
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

protist
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of protist

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROTIST»

The term «protist» is regularly used and occupies the 62.697 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROTIST» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about protist

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROTIST»

Discover the use of protist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to protist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Protist Diversity and Geographical Distribution
However, the contributions collected in this book ranging from protists to rotifers and mosses show that microorganisms have community structures and biogeographies similar to those found in animals and vascular plants, although the ranges ...
Wilhelm Foissner, D. L. Hawksworth, 2009
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Carbon, Nitrogen and Phosphorus Stoichiometry of a ...
The microbial loop is one of two major pathways in aquatic systems in which nutrient and energy flow from dissolved nutrients to higher trophic levels.
Natalie C. Lukomski, 2008
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Introductory Botany: Plants, People, and the Environment, ...
Molecular and ultrastructural analyses continue to help biologists clarify relationships among the various protist phyla and among protists and the other eukaryotic kingdoms (•Figure 20-2). Biologists also use these data to develop various ...
Linda Berg, 2007
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Protozoans, Algae & Other Protists
This tiny protist kills at least 50,000 people yearly, mainly in poor, tropical regions . deadly INVadeR Entamoeba histolytica may stay inactive in the body without causing problems for several years. eaTeN aWay Some kinds of flesh-eating ...
Steve Parker, 2009
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Biology: A Functional Approach. Students' Manual
Investigation 14.4 Action of the contractile vacuole of a protist Requirements Filter paper (preferably strips about 1 5 mm wide) Fine pipette Small forceps Slide and coverslip Microscope and lamp (not substage illumination) Micrometer ...
M. B. V. Roberts, T. J. King, 1987
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Intestinal Microorganisms of Termites and Other Invertebrates
Some closely related methanogens are shared between different protist species. The phylogenetic relationships of the endosymbiotic methanogens tend to be closer among those harbored by different protists within a single termite species ...
Helmut König, Ajit Varma, 2006
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Life: The Science of Biology
1 Maior Protist Clades The diversity of form, habitat, metabolism, locomotion, reproduction, and life cycles found among the protists reflects the diversity of avenues pursued during the early evolution of eukaryotes. Many of these avenues led to ...
William K. Purves, David Sadava, Gordon H. Orians
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Biology of Termites: a Modern Synthesis: A Modern Synthesis
As a result, protist- associated prokaryotes constitute a large proportion of the gut bacterial population. In the case of Mastotermes darwiniensis, the protist cells take up ca. 95% of the volume of the hindgut paunch, and protist-associated ...
David Edward Bignell, Yves Roisin, Nathan Lo, 2010
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Life: The Science of Biology: Volume II: Evolution, ...
28, 1 Mat°r Protist Clades GROUP ATTRIBUTES EXAMPLES Diplomonads Parabasalids Euglenozoans Euglenoids Kinetoplastids Alveolates Dinoflagellates Apicomplexans Ciliates Stramenopiles Diatoms Brown algae Oomycetes (water ...
Gordon H. Orians, David Sadava, H. Craig Heller, 2003
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Protist: Amoeboid, Dinoflagellate, Slime Mold, Alveolate, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Books, LLC, Source: Wikipedia, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROTIST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term protist is used in the context of the following news items.
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For These Plants, No Victim Is Too Small
Scanning electron micrograph of the interior of a genlisea "root" tube after feeding with the protist Paramecium caudatum. Captured paramecia visible; the rows ... «Scientific American, Feb 15»
2
Single-Celled Protist Has Extraordinary Fragmented Genome
September 9, 2014 | The pond-dwelling protist Oxytricha Trifallax, already known for the genomic oddity of having roughly 16,000 chromosomes, has revealed ... «Bio-IT World, Sep 14»
3
New life form discovered at MSU, named after Bully
A second, closely related protist, Ptolemeba noxubium, was also collected from the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge, located approximately ... «Jackson Clarion Ledger, Jun 14»
4
Cuddly carnivore, transparent snail and giant amoeboid protist are …
Cuddly carnivore, transparent snail and giant amoeboid protist are among the 10 new species of 2014. By James Maynard, Tech Times | May 22, 10:46 PM. «Tech Times, May 14»
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New Octopus-like Protists in Termite Guts Named for HP Lovecraft …
It turns out termite guts are a surprisingly popular place for protists to hang out, as a vast array of huge , shaggy microbes (see these images of Trichonympha, ... «Scientific American, Feb 14»
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Om nom nom nom
A free-living, single-celled protist less than half the width of a human hair, it strikes humans very rarely, but with a fatality rate greater than 99 percent. N. fowleri is ... «Scienceline, Jan 14»
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Science and art meet in protist photos by Arcadia resident
"Satellite," the protist Saccinobaculus in front of the larger protist Barbulanympha, which is covered in rod-shaped bacteria. Photo by Kevin J. Carpenter. «San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Dec 13»
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Newly discovered protist suggests evolutionary answers, questions
Mississippi State University's Matthew Brown, associate professor of biological sciences, led a team that recently classified this newly discovered protist, Pygsuia ... «Phys.Org, Nov 13»
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Handy resource for freshwater protists and micro-adventuring
There exists a wonderful book with an illustrated key to the more common protists you can find in freshwater: Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa by Paddy ... «Scientific American, Oct 13»
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Live coverage of protist bonanza in Vancouver -- ICOP 2013 28 July …
It's that most wonderful time of the year again: the big protist conference season. Every year around this time, one or more of the protist societies hold meetings ... «Scientific American, Jul 13»

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