prokaryote

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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

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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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