🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

大生物

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dà shēngwù

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Macroorganism/ˌmæ.kroʊˈɔːr.ɡən.ɪ.zəm/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"鲸鱼和大象是大生物的例子。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A large, complex organism that can be seen without a microscope.

    "Whales and elephants are examples of macroorganisms that play significant roles in their ecosystems."
  2. 2

    Any organism that is large enough to be observed without the aid of a microscope.

    "In a study of biodiversity, researchers focused on macroorganisms such as trees and birds."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'macroorganism' is derived from the prefix 'macro-', meaning large or long, from the Greek 'makros', and 'organism', from the Greek 'organismos', which refers to a living entity. The term has evolved in biological sciences to describe large organisms that can be seen with the naked eye, distinguishing them from microorganisms.

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