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An eyelike marking
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Parasitic or saprobic organisms living chiefly in fresh ___ or moist soil
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Multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds
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Requiring organic compounds of carbon and nitrogen for nourishment
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A lash-like appendage used for locomotion
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Plastid containing ___ and other pigments
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Whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood (plural)
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Of or relating to organisms that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic
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Marine ___ in which the chlorophyll is masked by a ___ or purplish pigment
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Temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion
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The protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus
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Any member of the genus ___
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Consisting of many cells
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Cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes
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Flagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plant-like characteristics
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Minute single-celled green freshwater organism having a single flagella
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