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Protozoans vs Unicellular - What's the difference?

protozoans | unicellular |

As nouns the difference between protozoans and unicellular

is that protozoans is plural of protozoan while unicellular is a single-celled organism; a unicell.

As an adjective unicellular is

describing any microorganism that has a single cell.

protozoans

English

Noun

(head)

    • unicellular

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (biology) Describing any microorganism that has a single cell

    • Related terms

    * multicellular

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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 .