"multicellular" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: multi- + cellular Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|multi|cellular}} multi- + cellular Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} multicellular (not comparable)
  1. (biology, of an organism) That has many cells, often differentiated in function. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Biology Translations (having many cells): բազմաբջիջ (bazmabǰiǰ) (Armenian), multicelular (Asturian), шматкле́тачны (šmatkljétačny) (Belarusian), мнагакле́тачны (mnahakljétačny) (Belarusian), многокле́тъчен (mnogoklétǎčen) (Bulgarian), pluricel·lular (Catalan), multicel·lular (Catalan), 多細胞的 (Chinese Mandarin), 多细胞的 (duōxìbāo de) (Chinese Mandarin), mnohobuněčný (Czech), flercellet (Danish), multicellulær (Danish), meercellig (Dutch), monisoluinen (Finnish), multicellulaire (French), multicelular (Galician), მრავალუჯრედიანი (mravaluǯrediani) (Georgian), vielzellig (German), többsejtű (Hungarian), pluricellulare (Italian), multicellulare (Italian), 多細胞の (tasaibō no) (alt: たさいぼうの) (Japanese), 다세포의 (dasepoui) (Korean), daudzšūnu (Latvian), повеќеклеточен (poveḱekletočen) (Macedonian), yl-chillagagh (Manx), pūtautini (Maori), बहुपेशीय (bahupeśīya) (Marathi), firexaneyî (Northern Kurdish), flercellet (Norwegian Bokmål), wielokomórkowy (Polish), multicelular (Portuguese), pluricelular (Romanian), многокле́точный (mnogoklétočnyj) (Russian), многоклетево́й (mnogokletevój) (Russian), вишеста̀ничан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), višestàničan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), mnohobunkový (Slovak), mnogoceličen (Slovene), večceličen (Slovene), multicelular (Spanish), pluricelular (Spanish), multicellulär (Swedish), flercellig (Swedish), బహుకణ (bahukaṇa) (Telugu), багатокліти́нний (bahatoklitýnnyj) (Ukrainian), amlgellog (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-multicellular-en-adj-wd~RnMho Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with multi- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with multi-: 52 48 Topics: biology, natural-sciences

Noun

Forms: multicellulars [plural]
Etymology: multi- + cellular Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|multi|cellular}} multi- + cellular Head templates: {{en-noun}} multicellular (plural multicellulars)
  1. Such an organism
    Sense id: en-multicellular-en-noun-NS-9FIve Categories (other): English terms prefixed with multi- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with multi-: 52 48

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          "sense": "having many cells",
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          "sense": "having many cells",
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          "sense": "having many cells",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "code": "te",
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          "sense": "having many cells",
          "word": "బహుకణ"
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    "Multicellular organism"
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      "sense": "having many cells",
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      "word": "mnohobuněčný"
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      "word": "flercellet"
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      "sense": "having many cells",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having many cells",
      "word": "többsejtű"
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      "sense": "having many cells",
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      "sense": "having many cells",
      "word": "daudzšūnu"
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      "roman": "poveḱekletočen",
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      "sense": "having many cells",
      "word": "yl-chillagagh"
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      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "having many cells",
      "word": "pūtautini"
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      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "bahupeśīya",
      "sense": "having many cells",
      "word": "बहुपेशीय"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "having many cells",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having many cells",
      "word": "wielokomórkowy"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "having many cells",
      "word": "multicelular"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "having many cells",
      "word": "pluricelular"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mnogoklétočnyj",
      "sense": "having many cells",
      "word": "многокле́точный"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mnogokletevój",
      "sense": "having many cells",
      "word": "многоклетево́й"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "having many cells",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "вишеста̀ничан"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "having many cells",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "višestàničan"
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    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "having many cells",
      "word": "mnohobunkový"
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "having many cells",
      "word": "mnogoceličen"
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    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "having many cells",
      "word": "večceličen"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having many cells",
      "word": "multicelular"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having many cells",
      "word": "pluricelular"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having many cells",
      "word": "multicellulär"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having many cells",
      "word": "flercellig"
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    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "bahukaṇa",
      "sense": "having many cells",
      "word": "బహుకణ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bahatoklitýnnyj",
      "sense": "having many cells",
      "word": "багатокліти́нний"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "having many cells",
      "word": "amlgellog"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Multicellular organism"
  ],
  "word": "multicellular"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms prefixed with multi-",
    "English uncomparable adjectives"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "multi",
        "3": "cellular"
      },
      "expansion": "multi- + cellular",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "multi- + cellular",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "multicellulars",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "multicellular (plural multicellulars)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Such an organism"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "multicellular"
}

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