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Of, relating to, or involving several to many of the basic units of structure and function of all living things.

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  • Among pluricellular organisms man is of course supreme.
  • Let us now consider pluricellular organisms and consider them particularly from the standpoint of organic evolution.
  • Those consisting of but one cell are termed unicellular; those comprising more than one cell are called pluricellular.
  • The pluricellular organism is nothing more nor less than a later development, a confederated association of unicellular organisms.
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