organism
Example Sentences
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Each species on Earth can trace its roots back to the same cluster of ancestral organisms and occupies a distinct position on a single, complex, prolifically branching, unfathomably extensive and largely invisible tree of life.
“We had it. I always say this about culture, I always say this about a good team being a functioning organism.”
From Los Angeles Times
The idea helps explain why organisms are rarely perfectly matched to their surroundings.
From Science Daily
Roughly three centuries ago, Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus set out to catalog and name every living organism he could find.
From Science Daily
Other social organisms, including termites, may have followed similar evolutionary paths, although that possibility still needs further testing.
From Science Daily
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