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Eukaryote vs Suctorian - What's the difference?

eukaryote | suctorian | Hypernyms |

Eukaryote is a hypernym of suctorian.


As nouns the difference between eukaryote and suctorian

is that eukaryote is any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms, of the taxonomic domain eukaryota , whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus while suctorian is a protist of the subclass suctoria in the class ; a predatory sessile ciliate.

eukaryote

English

(wikipedia eukaryote) (wikiversity eukaryote lecture)

Alternative forms

* eucaryote

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms, of the taxonomic domain Eukaryota , whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus.

    • Related terms

    * eukaryon * eukaryotic * prokaryote

    suctorian

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A protist of the subclass Suctoria in the class ; a predatory sessile ciliate.
  • *2011 , Terence Allen and Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction , Oxford 2011, p. 11:
  • *:If the tentacles are touched, the ‘prey’ is instantly paralysed, and the contents of its body are sucked down the tentacle into the body of the suctorian , reducing the prey to a shrivelled husk in a matter of minutes.

    • Hypernyms

    * phyllopharyngean * ciliophoran * alveolate * protist * eukaryote * microbe

    See also

    * (Suctoria)

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