单词 | unicellular |
释义 | unicellularadj.n. Biology. 1. Composed or consisting of, having, a single cell; said esp. of the organisms belonging to the primary divisions of the animal and vegetable kingdoms.Also as n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > organism > organisms by number or kind of cells > [adjective] monocellular1854 multicellular1857 unicellular1858 monoplastic1877 unicelled1877 multicelled1884 acellular1886 monoplastid1889 tricellular1891 single-celled1899 mixed-celled1908 microcellular1909 1858 E. Lankester & W. B. Carpenter Veg. Physiol. (new ed.) §35 The minute unicellular plants, known by the name of Diatomaceæ. 1875 C. Darwin Insectivorous Plants xiv. 329 All the leaves contained unicellular and other Algæ. 1892 St. G. Mivart Ess. & Crit. II. 437 The distinction between unicellular and multicellular animals. 2. Characterized by the formation or presence of a single cell or cells. ΚΠ 1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 747 Plants in passing from the unicellular state by growth lose in power. 1892 J. Tait Mind in Matter (ed. 3) 58 In the animal world colonies are the next approach of unicellular to multicellular organisation. 3. Having only one cella. ΚΠ 1930 Music & Lett. Apr. 150 In the Thomaskirche there seems to be no special region of ‘response’, probably due to the unicellular nave, the absence of transepts, [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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