single-celled

Speech parts

1. single-celled - Adjective

2. single-celled - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

having a single cell (and thus not divided into cells)

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Examples

As long as food is abundant, these slime molds exist as single-celled organisms. Source: Internet

For example, the slime mold Dictyostelium undergoes binary fission (mitosis) as single-celled amoebae under favorable conditions. Source: Internet

According to evolution, everything evolved from simple, single-celled organisms over a period of millions and millions of years, not days. Source: Internet

In 1676, his credibility was questioned when he sent the Royal Society a copy of his first observations of microscopic single-celled organisms. Source: Internet

In single-celled organisms, the zygote can divide asexually by mitosis to produce identical offspring. Source: Internet

Some ascomyceous fungi, such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae, grow as single-celled yeasts, which—during sexual reproduction—develop into an ascus, and do not form fruiting bodies. Source: Internet

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