a one-celled animal

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• 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 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

• 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 — 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

• 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

• Protist — Taxobox | color = khaki name = Protist fossil range = Neoproterozoic Recent image width = 250px image caption = domain=Eukarya domain authority=Whittaker Margulis, 1978 regnum = Protista* regnum authority = Haeckel, 1866 subdivision ranks =… …   Wikipedia

• Invertebrate paleontology — (also spelled Invertebrate palaeontology) is sometimes described as Invertebrate paleozoology and/or Invertebrate paleobiology. Whether it is considered to be a subfield of paleontology, paleozoology, and/or paleobiology, this discipline is the… …   Wikipedia

• Globorotalia menardii — is a single celled animal with a shell. It is interesting because it is one celled animal large enough to be seen with a naked eye. Sources Time Magazine, http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/2006/zooplankton creatures/ slide 8 of this slideshow …   Wikipedia

• par|a|me|ci|um — «PAR uh MEE shee uhm, see », noun, plural ci|a « shee uh, see uh». an extremely small, one celled animal shaped like a slender slipper, covered with cilia, and having a groove along one side leading into an open mouth. Paramecia live in almost… …   Useful english dictionary

• sim´ple|ness — sim|ple «SIHM puhl», adjective, pler, plest, noun. –adj. 1. easy to do, understand, use, solve, or the like: »a simple problem, a simple explanation, a simple task. This book is in simple language. SYNONYM(S): See syn. under easy. (Cf. ↑easy) 2.… …   Useful english dictionary