PROCARYOTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does procaryote mean? 

• PROCARYOTE (noun)
  The noun PROCARYOTE has 1 sense:

1. a unicellular organism having cells lacking membrane-bound nuclei; bacteria are the prime example but also included are blue-green algae and actinomycetes and mycoplasma

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROCARYOTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A unicellular organism having cells lacking membrane-bound nuclei; bacteria are the prime example but also included are blue-green algae and actinomycetes and mycoplasma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

procaryote; prokaryote

Hypernyms ("procaryote" is a kind of...):

being; organism (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)

Derivation:

procaryotic (having cells that lack membrane-bound nuclei)