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prokaryote
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun prokaryote has 1 sense
- prokaryote(n = noun.animal) procaryote - 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; Array is a kind of being, organism
Antonym: eukaryote
Derived form adjective prokaryotic1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
prokaryote, n. (also procaryote) an organism in which the chromosomes are not separated from the cytoplasm by a membrane; a bacterium (cf. EUKARYOTE).
Derivative
prokaryotic adj.
Etymology
PRO-(2) + KARYO- + - ote as in ZYGOTE
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