one-celled
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- adjective
- /wʌnˈsɛld/
- Specialized
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unicelular
- Bacteria are tiny, one-celled organisms that can be found in various environments.
- one-celled organism
- one-celled creature
- one-celled protozoa
Examples
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Because inside that egg is about 4.3 billion years of evolution to make that one-celled organism surrounded by cytoplasm and a tough outer shell.
Blog text (5) -
One-celled creatures divided prodigiously, without planning or intent, experimenting with new ways of living.
Fiction book (1990) -
One-celled organisms learned to reproduce... and became more complex.
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It's a one-celled critter with no brain that can't fly!
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How about one-celled organisms?
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The meteor samples are teeming with one-celled organisms.
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When I was a student and first saw, through a microscope, one-celled protozoa moving across my field of vision, I marveled at how fast they traveled.
Academic text (2006) -
"Certain species of one-celled green algae in the lake can metabolize specific soil-applied herbicides, such as atrazine and fluometuron," says Zablotowicz.
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A single drop of pond water can contain thousands of one-celled organisms like algae and protozoa.
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Scientists study one-celled life forms to understand the origins of more complex organisms.
Synonyms
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4.3
A living thing made of only one cell, for example an amoeba
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A living thing that has only one cell
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
One-celled comes from the parts one and cell, and cell originally meant a 'small room', like a prison cell. So one-celled means a living thing made of a single tiny unit of life, not many cells.