monocellular

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Etymology

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From mono- +‎ cellular.

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monocellular (not comparable)

  1. Of one cell; unicellular.
    Synonyms: single-celled, unicelled, unicellular
    Antonyms: multicelled, multicellular, pluricellular
    • 2009 July 2, Seth Schiesel, “Role Playing at Warp Speed in a Galaxy Darwin Never Imagined”, in New York Times[1]:
      In Spore the player guides a species from primordial monocellular ooze through the various stages of evolution: onto land, into tribes, civilizations and finally interstellar colonization.

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