protoctist
— Noun
– English
~ any of the unicellular protists
protoctist family
— Noun
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~ any of the families of Protoctista
Protoctista
— Noun
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~ in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals
Pieris protodice
— Noun
– English
~ common North American form of cabbage butterfly
protogeometric
— Adjective
– English
~ characteristic of the earliest phase of geometric art especially in Greece
protoheme
— Noun
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~ a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds
protohemin
— Noun
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~ a reddish-brown chloride of heme; produced from hemoglobin in laboratory tests for the presence of blood
protohippus
— Noun
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~ Pliocene horse approaching donkeys in size
protohistory
— Noun
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~ the study humans prior to the invention of writing
protology
— Noun
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~ the study of origins and first things; "To Christians, protology refers to God's fundamental purpose for humanity"
protomammal
— Noun
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~ probably warm-blooded; considered direct ancestor of mammals
proton
— Noun
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~ a stable particle with positive charge equal to the negative charge of an electron
proton accelerator
— Noun
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~ a collider that collides beams of protons and antiprotons
protoplasm
— Noun
– English
~ the substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus)