prokaryote

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Antonyms 1.2.3 Hyponyms 1.2.4 Related terms 1.2.5 Translations

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From pro- + Ancient Greek κάρυον (karuon), “‘nut, kernel’”) + -ote.

[edit] Noun

prokaryote (plural prokaryotes)

1. an organism characterized by the absence of a nuclear membrane and by DNA that is not organized into chromosomes.
2. in the two-empire system of biological taxonomy, an organism of the kingdom Prokaryotae (now superseded).

[edit] Synonyms

• prokaryota

[edit] Antonyms

• eukaryote

[edit] Hyponyms

• bacterium

[edit] Related terms

• prokaryotic

[edit] Translations

• Icelandic: dreifkjörnungur is(is) m.
• Russian: прокариота (prokarióta) f.
• Spanish: procariota es(es) f.