Definition of "multicellular" []

• Having or consisting of many cells: multicellular organisms. (adjective)

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• "As any of these authors will agree, the HGT's role is insignificant in multicellular organisms."
• "Guts: Many unicellular eukaryotes were multifunctional cells, doing many different things, however these became specialized in multicellular organisms."
• "Many unicellular eukaryotes were multifunctional cells, doing many different things, but specialized in multicellular organisms."