Definitions

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  • adjective having a single cell (and thus not divided into cells)

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Examples

  • … Others can only be identified with a microscope, such as the majority of protozoa [single-celled animals], certain blood filariae [small larvae of pathogen parasites in the blood vessels], and the trichinae.

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • According to the theory of evolution, all flora and fauna developed from a single-celled being, something like a primitive bacterium.

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • This includes about a million species of insects and half a million other species of animals, the majority of them mollusks, worms, and single-celled organisms; plus 400,000 species of plants.

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • It is asserted that life on earth began with a simple, single-celled organism.

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • According to the doctrine of evolution, no life occurred in 4 billion years from the beginning of the earth, with the exception of a few single-celled organisms.

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • The two main domains are the “single-celled organisms” and the “multicellular organisms.”

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • There are no transitional forms between single-celled and five-hundred-celled organisms.

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • All proteins in all organisms in the whole world are always made of amino acids that cause light to rotate counterclockwise except for a few rare and highly unusual single-celled organisms.

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • From that time, the idea spread that life on earth was not created by God but came into being by pure chance and that life subsequently evolved spontaneously from a single-celled organism into the millions of different species of plants and animals we know now.

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • And there are single-celled organisms Volvox that cluster together like a ball and cooperate with each other, but they are and remain single-celled organisms!

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

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