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Multicellular vs Oligocellular - What's the difference?

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Multicellular is a related term of oligocellular.


As adjectives the difference between multicellular and oligocellular

is that multicellular is (biology|of an organism) that has many cells, often differentiated in function while oligocellular is (biology) having few cells.

As a noun multicellular

is such an organism.

multicellular

English

Adjective

(Multicellular organism) (-)
  • (biology, of an organism) That has many cells, often differentiated in function.

    • Antonyms

    * unicellular

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Such an organism

    • oligocellular

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (biology) Having few cells
    • a primitive, oligocellular organism

    Related terms

    *oligonuclear *acellular *unicellular, monocellular *multicellular, polycellular