Which statement best defines a protist ?

Protists are eukaryotes—organisms whose cells have a nucleus—that are commonly described as animal-like, plant-like, or fungus-like. A long, whip-like extension is a flagellum, and a foot-like extension is a pseudopod; neither defines all protists. The description of reproducing by spores and feeding on decaying matter fits some fungi, not protists as a group.

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