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  • adjective of an organism Having many cells; multicellular

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Examples

  • In the primeval Earth, single-celled creatures joined up to become multicelled ones, surrendering independence in exchange for collective power.

    World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011

  • In the primeval Earth, single-celled creatures joined up to become multicelled ones, surrendering independence in exchange for collective power.

    World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011

  • Directing thoughts at a target seemed capable of altering machines, cells, and, indeed, entire multicelled organisms like human beings.

    Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011

  • Directing thoughts at a target seemed capable of altering machines, cells, and, indeed, entire multicelled organisms like human beings.

    Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011

  • When single-celled organisms come together in a multicelled one they become more specialized, not less.

    World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011

  • When single-celled organisms come together in a multicelled one they become more specialized, not less.

    World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011

  • Six months later, Borgonie, Onstott and their colleagues produced a paper describing, for the first time, the presence of multicelled organisms as many as 2.5 miles below Earth's surface.

    Space Odyssey: Scientists go to the extremes of the earth to divine the secrets of extraterrestrial life. 2011

  • Then suddenly, about 600 million years ago, the first multicelled excreters arrived, laying the chemical foundation for one of the most spectacular bursts of evolution in the history of the planet.

    When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

  • Then suddenly, about 600 million years ago, the first multicelled excreters arrived, laying the chemical foundation for one of the most spectacular bursts of evolution in the history of the planet.

    When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

  • Then suddenly, about 600 million years ago, the first multicelled excreters arrived, laying the chemical foundation for one of the most spectacular bursts of evolution in the history of the planet.

    When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

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