Acrita

English

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek meaning "indiscernible"; see a- and compare criterion.

Proper noun

Acrita

  1. (zoology, obsolete) The lowest groups of animals, in which no nervous system has been observed. Today it roughly corresponds to the protozoans

References
  • Acrita in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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