archaeon

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Etymology[edit]

Scientific Latin, corresponding to a singular form of Archaea.

Noun[edit]

archaeon (plural archaeons or archaea)

  1. prokaryotic organism; member of the domain Archaea [from 20th c.]
    • 2020 January 15, Hannah Devlin, The Guardian:
      Then, the theory goes, a rogue archaeon gobbled up a bacterium to create an entirely new type of cell that would go on to form the basis of all complex life on Earth, from plants to humans.

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Latin[edit]

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Noun[edit]

archaeon n (genitive archaeī); second declension

  1. archaeon

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative archaeon archaea
Genitive archaeī archaeōrum
Dative archaeō archaeīs
Accusative archaeon archaea
Ablative archaeō archaeīs
Vocative archaeon archaea