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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 cellsplay

  Familiarity information: EUCARYOTE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EUCARYOTE (noun)


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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