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  1. n. Alternative form of Protista.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. 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

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  • “Protoctista protoplasm protozoa recessive trait recombinant DNA technology regenerative medicine repetitive DNA reproductive cloning reptiles respiration restriction enzymes ribonucleic acid ribosome”

    21. Life Sciences

  • “Modern biologists recognize three additional kingdoms: Monera (or Prokaryotae) (for example, bacteria and blue-green algae), Protoctista (for example, red algae, slime molds, and amoebas and other protozoa), and fungi.”

    kingdom

  • “In modern biology, they are classified in the kingdom of Protoctista rather than in the animal kingdom.”

    protozoa

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  1. kingdom

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  1. protoctist
  2. phylum cryptophyta
  1. division gymnomycota
  2. division myxomycota
  1. gymnomycota
  2. kingdom
  1. myxomycota
  2. protoctist family
  1. protoctist genus
  2. acrasiomycetes
  1. class acrasiomycetes
  2. cryptophyta
  1. primigenum

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