protoctista

1. 1.

   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

   Synonymskingdom Protoctista

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Other forms of protoctista

plural

protoctistas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about protoctista

What does protoctista mean?

protoctista means "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".

How many syllables are in protoctista?

protoctista has 4 syllables: pro-toc-ti-sta. The stress falls on "toc".

What is another word for protoctista?

Close synonyms include kingdom Protoctista. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is protoctista a common word?

protoctista is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.