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multicellular

multicellular adjective: that has many cells, often differentiated in function.

Adjective

multicellular (not comparable)

  1. That has many cells, often differentiated in function.

Noun

multicellular (plural multicellulars)

  1. Such an organism

multicellular meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu

multicellular in Hindi

having many cells
बहुकोशिकीय bahukośikīya

multicellular in Tamil

பல செல்லினாலான, பல்கலமுள்ள, பலசெல்லிய, பல செல்லுடைய, பல உயிரணு உடைய, பலசெல் கொண்ட

multicellular in Marathi

having many cells
बहुपेशीय bahupeśīya

multicellular in Telugu

having many cells
బహుకణ bahukaṇa
More languagesFewer languages
multicellular in Gujarati
બહુકોષી bahukoṣī
multicellular in Persian
پریاخته poryāxte, چندسلولی čandseluli

Antonyms of multicellular

Forms of multicellular

pluralmulticellulars

Origin of multicellular

From multi- + cellular.

Words formed from multicellular

Questions about multicellular

What does multicellular mean?
Multicellular means that has many cells, often differentiated in function.
What is multicellular in Hindi?
Multicellular in Hindi is बहुकोशिकीय (bahukośikīya). See Multicellular meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is multicellular?
Multicellular can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near multicellular in the dictionary

  1. multicavous
  2. multicell
  3. multicelled
  4. multicells
  5. multicelluar
  6. multicellular
  7. multicellularity
  8. multicellulars
  9. multicellulase
  10. multicentenarian
  11. multicentenarians

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Adapted from Wiktionary: multicellular (page history and authors); multicellular (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); બહુકોષી (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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