multicellular

[ muhl-tee-sel-yuh-ler, muhl-tahy- ]

adjective
  1. composed of several or many cells.

Origin of multicellular

1
First recorded in 1855–60; multi- + cellular

Words Nearby multicellular

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How to use multicellular in a sentence

  • The multicellular organism was a colony of unicellular organisms, and its life was a sum of the lives of its constituent elements.

    Form and Function | E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
  • Weismann deduces from this a radical distinction between the unicellular and the multicellular organisms.

    The Wonders of Life | Ernst Haeckel
  • We may also regard these articulated multicellular threads as the first sketch for the formation of tissues in the metaphyta.

    The Wonders of Life | Ernst Haeckel
  • The third and highest stage of individuality to which the multicellular organism attains is the stock or colony (cormus).

    The Wonders of Life | Ernst Haeckel
  • In the same way the real multicellular fungi (ascomycetes and basimycetes) may be traced to the tissue-forming alg.

    The Wonders of Life | Ernst Haeckel

Scientific definitions for multicellular

multicellular

[ mŭl′tē-sĕlyə-lər ]


  1. Having or consisting of many cells. Compare unicellular.

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