Eukaryote

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A single-celled or multicellular organism whose cells contain a distinct membrane-bound nucleus.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms, of the taxonomic domain Eukaryota, whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. an organism with "good" or membrane-bound nuclei having multiple chromosomes; eucaryotes also have other membrane-bound organelles such as mitochondria or chloroplasts, within the cytoplasm enclosed by the outer membrane. Such cells are characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria and blue-green algae. Contrasted with prokaryote.
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  • n. an organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria; i.e. an organism with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei in its cells
    • Antonym
    prokaryote   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    being    organism   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    eucaryote   
     
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