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Bionta
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Translingual
Etymology
Coined by Lee Barker Walton in 1930
Proper noun
mul archaic The taxonomic en superempire of all living things.
Usage notes
It was subdivided into three taxonomic empires; Protistodeae empire (unicellular life, or protists), Metaphytodeae empire (multicellular plants), and Zoodeae empire (multicellular animals). In modern usage, plants are organized into the taxonomic kingdom Plantae kingdom, animals into Animalia, fungi into Fungi kingdom, while unicellular organisms are variously divided.
Derived terms
2 der
mul Akaryobionta
mul Aphanobionta
mul Chlorobionta
mul Cormobionta
mul Embryobionta
Thallobionta subkingdom
Tracheobionta subkingdom
mul Vendobionta
Related terms
Biota genus
mul Eobionti
See also
mul Vitae
mul Cytota
mul Acytota
mul Mineralia
mul Taxonomic names (obsolete) Taxonomic names (superempire)