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'''multicellular organism''' ([[Category:Noun]][[:Category:Noun|noun]], ''pl.'' multicellular organisms) – organisms that are made of several cells that are clearly organized to communicate and function as a new entity. The boundary between [[unicellular]] and [[multicellular]] organisms is always obvious. All multicellular organisms show stages when they occur as a single cell. Many aggregates of single, even prokaryotic cells are highly organized with individual cells communicate and dividing separate functions between each other (e.&nbsp;g., the [[heterocyte]]s of [[cyanobacteria]]). Thus, these single cells are not necessarily isolated, but they often act together like truly multicellular organism. ''Kind of:'' [[Category:Cell organization-type]][[:Category:Cell organization-type|cell organization-type]].

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