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protistic

protistic adjective: of or pertaining to protists.

Adjective

protistic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to protists.
    Synonyms:
    protistan

Synonyms of protistic

Origin of protistic

From protist + -ic.

Questions about protistic

What does protistic mean?
Protistic means of or pertaining to protists.
What part of speech is protistic?
Protistic is an adjective.

Words near protistic in the dictionary

  1. protistal
  2. protistan
  3. protistans
  4. protistian
  5. protistians
  6. protistic
  7. protistological
  8. protistologist
  9. protistologists
  10. protistology
  11. protiston

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