single-celled animal

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• animal learning — ▪ zoology Introduction       the alternation of behaviour as a result of individual experience. When an organism can perceive and change its behaviour, it is said to learn.       That animals can learn seems to go without saying. The cat that… …   Universalium

• celled — /seld/, adj. having a cell or cells (often used in combination): The ameba is a single celled animal. [1640 50; CELL1 + ED3] * * * …   Universalium

• celled — /seld/, adj. having a cell or cells (often used in combination): The ameba is a single celled animal. [1640 50; CELL1 + ED3] …   Useful english dictionary

• animal — animalic /an euh mal ik/, animalian /an euh may lee euhn, mayl yeuhn/, adj. /an euh meuhl/, n. 1. any member of the kingdom Animalia, comprising multicellular organisms that have a well defined shape and usually limited growth, can move… …   Universalium

• Animal — Animalia redirects here. For other uses, see Animalia (disambiguation). For other uses, see Animal (disambiguation). Animals Temporal range: Ediacaran Recent …   Wikipedia

• animal development — Introduction  the processes that lead eventually to the formation of a new animal starting from cells derived from one or more parent individuals. Development thus occurs following the process by which a new generation of organisms is produced by …   Universalium

• animal — I. noun Etymology: Latin, from animale, neuter of animalis animate, from anima soul more at animate Date: 14th century 1. any of a kingdom (Animalia) of living things including many celled organisms and often many of the single celled ones (as… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• animal — 1. A living, sentient organism that has membranous cell walls, requires oxygen and organic foods, and is capable of voluntary movement, as distinguished from a plant or mineral. 2. One of the lower a. organisms as distinguished from humans. [L.]… …   Medical dictionary

• colonial animal — /kəˌloʊniəl ˈænəməl/ (say kuh.lohneeuhl anuhmuhl) noun a collective life form comprising single celled animals joined with others to form a single unit, as in most corals and some cnidarians and protochordates …  

• regeneration — /ri jen euh ray sheuhn/, n. 1. act of regenerating; state of being regenerated. 2. Electronics. a feedback process in which energy from the output of an amplifier is fed back to the grid circuit to reinforce the input. 3. Biol. the restoration or …   Universalium

• virus — viruslike, adj. /vuy reuhs/, n., pl. viruses. 1. an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA …   Universalium