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EUCARYOTE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does eucaryote mean?
• EUCARYOTE (noun)
The noun EUCARYOTE has 1 sense:
1. an organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria; i.e. an organism with 'good' or membrane-bound nuclei in its cells
Familiarity information: EUCARYOTE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria; i.e. an organism with 'good' or membrane-bound nuclei in its cells
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
eucaryote; eukaryote
Hypernyms ("eucaryote" is a kind of...):
being; organism (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)
Derivation:
eucaryotic (having cells with 'good' or membrane-bound nuclei)
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