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English
Etymology
From uni- + cellular.
Pronunciation
Adjective
unicellular (not comparable)
- (biology) Describing any microorganism that has a single cell.
- Synonyms: single-celled, monocellular
- Antonym: multicellular
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Noun
unicellular (plural unicellulars)
- A single-celled organism; a unicell.
1931, Ezra Bowen, An hypothesis of population growth:Among unicellulars, the rate of increase is beyond belief.
1986, Johan A J Metz, O Diekmann, The dynamics of physiologically structured populations:In unicellulars the uncoupling of the various nutritional and energy sources is much more widely spread.
2006, J Arthur Thomson, Heredity:More or less distinct specialisation of reproductive elements in some unicellulars.
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