Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun kingdom_protoctista

1 sense of kingdom protoctista

Sense 1
Protoctista, kingdom Protoctista -- (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)
       => kingdom -- (the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia)